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Biden’s Justice Department said in a Wednesday filing that propaganda pulled from a special committee on Jan. 6, including alleging that the rioting at the U.S. Capitol was a “riot,” was made by five Oathkeepers. He argued that it did not prevent the suspect from receiving a fair trial. Should start in September.
Stewart Rose, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins and Thomas Caldwell face charges of sedition conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government and will stand trial on Sept. 26. . Arguing that the Jan. 6 committee hearing did not preclude the right to a fair trial, it asked the defendants to postpone the start date of the trial and to move out of Washington, D.C. from the trial.
“First, defendants allege that Rep. Jamie Ruskin was biased because he claimed that what happened on January 6 was a ‘riot’. We have already determined that what we did in the Capitol on January 6 was a “riot,” according to the DOJ filing. It has no bearing on whether this trial should continue or be postponed.”
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The Department of Justice recently announced that five suspects in the Proud Boys would be subject to publicity and uncertainty stemming from the Jan. 6 committee and whether to release witness records containing potentially relevant information. However, as for the members of the Oath Keepers, the DOJ will continue to change earnings because much of the testimony from the commission’s hearings is not related to their group. It argues that the new motion from the defendant should be rejected.
The DOJ said one hearing witness, notably Jason Van Tatenhove, said the Oathkeepers as a group had “dangerous extremists,” among them white supremacists and racists. However, any defendant is one of those extremists or holds those views.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta will ultimately make a ruling on whether to stay or move the trial.
In a filing, DOJ changes another federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, to begin the trial of former State Department aide Freddie Klein, Trump’s appointee, in October. I said it is possible. He may also be able to represent defendant Meggs in the Oath Keepers trial, which is scheduled to begin on September 26.
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Graves criticized Oathkeeper’s allegations that the District of Columbia was “extremely bigoted” and “anti-Trump” and that “the hearings have been largely consumed by left-leaning, politically obsessed audiences.” said about There is no evidence that it is stuck to the TV. Prosecutors said they disagreed with their claim that “because of biased reporting, almost everyone in D.C. is convinced that the Rhodes defendant is guilty without knowing any of the facts.”