Y’all don’t mind if I set down my pom-poms and get back to our regularly scheduled programming, do you?
Douglas Austin Jensen tried to do a runaround on his attorney on Friday and it backfired miserably...
Law & Crime
Last September, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly had revoked Douglas Jensen‘s bond in September after he admitted to watching a “Cyber Symposium regarding the recount of the presidential election” led by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. A pretrial services officer had discovered Jensen in August in his garage watching the symposium on a far-right video-sharing website.
The violation came less than one month after Jensen was released from custody. He had been in custody since his arrest days after the Capitol siege. Kelly, a Trump appointee, agreed to grant Jensen’s bond request in July. One of the conditions of Jensen’s pretrial release to home detention was that he avoid the use of any electronic device that can access the internet.
In a Friday court hearing, Jensen, appearing by video from jail, asked to speak to the judge directly. Kelly granted Jensen’s request, but his attempted heart-to-heart with the court was bungled from the start. Jensen was unable to unmute himself. Jensen’s attorney, Christopher Michael Davis, spoke on his client’s behalf.
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“I have already—based on the motion your attorney filed—denied reconsidering that,” Kelly said. “[But] there are standards that govern motions for reconsideration, and if your attorney files a motion that meets that standard I’ll certainly consider it.”
The De Moines Register
Doug Jensen, the Des Moines man dubbed the "poster child" of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, is set to face a jury later this year.
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Jensen achieved instant notoriety when he was caught on video during the riot, chasing and confronting a police officer inside the Capitol while wearing a distinctive QAnon T-shirt. Jensen, who FBI agents later described as a "true believer" in the QAnon conspiracy theory, told investigators in a subsequent interview that he wore the shirt and pushed to the front of the mob because he wanted the anonymous "Q" to get the credit for the actions of the crowd.
He is facing seven charges from the attack. In Friday's hearing, his attorney, Christopher Davis, unsuccessfully sought the dismissal of one of them: obstructing an official proceeding — a count lodged against many of the most prominent participants in the riot. Davis contended that the joint session of Congress convened to certify the results of the 2020 election, which was underway when the rioters forced their way into the Capitol, was not an "official proceeding" as defined by law, and that even if it was, the law is too vague or overbroad to apply to Jensen's conduct.
Anybody want to guess how that turned out for them?
I don’t know who the mysterious “Q” is, but I doubt even he is impressed….
WHO-DT
Doug Jensen, the Des Moines man who lead a charge of rioters up the stairs at the US Capitol on January 6th, will finally go on trial for his alleged crimes at the end of the summer.
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On Friday a federal judge denied a motion from Jensen seeking to dismiss one of the charges against him and finally set a trial date in the matter. Jensen is scheduled to go on trial in Washington, D.C. on September 19th, 2022. That will be more than a year-and-a-half — 621 days — since the US Capitol riot.
Jensen was easily recognizable in dozens of videos and photos released after riot and he surrendered to authorities days after the riot. Jensen told authorities that he wanted to be at the front of the crowd of rioters so his QAnon t-shirt would be visible and “Q” – the fictitious leader of an online conspiracy that claims humans with lizard DNA are in charge of an international child trafficking ring – would be credited for inspiring the riot.
He remained in federal custody in the Washington, D.C. area for months before finally being released to his wife in Des Moines in July . However Jensen was taken back into custody just weeks later after he was caught violating the conditions of his release by using his daughter’s phone to look at right-wing websites. He remains in custody today.
The FBI continues to seek the public’s assistance in identifying individuals who participated in unlawful conduct during the Capitol Insurrection. New images are added frequently...
If you have information about individuals who participated in unlawful actions at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or leave a tip online at the FBI’s website.
If you just can’t get enough information about the terrorists who tried to usurp our democracy, then these links are for you…
Department of Justice Capitol Breach Cases
FBI US Capitol Violence Most Wanted
Insider Searchable Table
George Washington University Spreadsheet — Updated Daily
www.fbi.gov/...NPR — Updated Database
seditiontracker.com
ProPublica Capitol Riot videos lifted from Parler
KUMU — Capitol Riot Insurrectionist Networks
Just Security — January 6th Clearinghouse
The Trace — Capitol Riot Gun Arrests
USA Today January 6 Capitol Riot Arrests
And, lest you forget...