The federal government had at least 20 “assets” embedded in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, according to a new report. . .

The report comes from Just the News and cites a filing in court for one of the Jan. 6 case defendants.

That document explains that at least 20 FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “assets” were embedded around the building that day.

The lawyer who submitted the filing, David Fischer, is asking that counts of seditious conspiracy and obstruction filed against about a dozen members of the Oath Keepers, and client Thomas Caldwell, be dismissed. . .

It also states that lawyers searched “a mountain of discovery” that included summaries of interviews conducted by FBI agents and found that members of the Oath Keepers were “being monitored and recorded prior to J6.” (Read more from “Feds Had 20 ‘Assets’ Embedded in Jan. 6 Riot, Court Document Shows” HERE)

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A judge has issued the first outright acquittal of a defendant charged in the Capitol riot.

Following a two-day bench trial in U.S. District Court in Washington, New Mexico engineer Matthew Martin was acquitted Wednesday on four misdemeanor charges by U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden. Martin claimed that he thought the police had allowed him into an entrance near the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021. . .

“People were streaming by and the officers made no attempt to stop the people,” said the judge, an appointee of President Donald Trump.

Prosecutors argued that broken windows and blaring alarms should have alerted Martin that he did not have permission to enter, but McFadden said the sheer size of the crowd coupled with the conduct of the police undermined that evidence.

The ruling is a blow to the Justice Department and seems likely to elevate similar defenses from hundreds of other members of the mob who have claimed that they didn’t know they weren’t permitted inside the Capitol and believed that police officers had approved their presence. (Read more from “Judge Issues First Outright Acquittal of Jan. 6 Protest Defendant” HERE)

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We have a person detained for nearly 90 days without an indictment. Why? Well, this person was around the Capitol Building during the January 6 riot. Leslie McAdoo Gordon of Redstate, who served as a special agent for the Department of Defense Investigative Service and is now an attorney, detailed this sordid tale of prosecutorial misconduct. Being an attorney who has gone through the motions involving cases at the federal level, Gordon details how the government botched this arrest and detention from the beginning starting with the fact that there was no preliminary hearing. It’s a lengthy post but a step-by-step recount of how this man has been detained illegally without trial or charge:

You don’t see this very often in federal court, but one of the January 6 (J6) Defendants, Lucas Denney, is being held illegally. He was arrested in Texas on December 13, 2021, and brought before a federal magistrate, who ordered him detained without bond on a criminal Complaint. It then took six weeks to transfer him to DC, where he is currently being held. He has not appeared before a federal judge in DC since his arrival, although that will change Monday afternoon as a result of his lawyer seeking his release.

Denney’s case involves two distinct, major screwups. The first is that he was not afforded a Preliminary Hearing, to which he is entitled under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Constitution. The second is that he has not been indicted by a grand jury within 30 days of his arrest, as required by the federal Speedy Trial Act. Consequently, Denney’s detention has been unlawful since at least late January 2022.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Denney participated in the riot on January 6, 2021, in Washington D.C. at the United States Capitol. It charged Denney with five felonies: assaults, civil disorder, and obstructions of an official proceeding, and with seven trespassing misdemeanors. An arrest warrant was issued for him in December 2021 based on a criminal Complaint sworn out by a law enforcement officer, not on an indictment returned by a grand jury.

(Read more from “This Is How Long a Jan. 6 Defendant Has Been Detained With No Indictment” HERE)

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Judicial Watch has challenged an attempt by the U.S. Capitol Police to block the conservative watchdog group’s lawsuit to obtain videos and emails from the Jan. 6 riot.

The organization is seeking records related to the security of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, communications between USCP and federal law enforcement, and all video footage from inside the Capitol between 12 p.m. and 9 p.m., when the riot took place.

The watchdog group has asked for emails between the USCP executive team and the Capitol Police Board, as well as emails between USCP and the FBI, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security.

Congress, through its police department, has asserted that the requested videos and emails are not public records and that there is no public interest in their release. The police department is also claiming “sovereign immunity,” which prevents citizens from suing for the release of the documents, Judicial Watch said in a press statement.

Noting that Congress is exempted from the Freedom of Information Act, Judicial Watch said it filed its lawsuit under the common law right of access to public records after the Capitol Police refused to respond to a records request on Jan. 21, 2021. (Read more from “Capitol Police Claim Jan. 6 Emails and Videos Are Not Public Records; Assert ‘Sovereign Immunity’ to Lawsuit” HERE)

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