By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Podcast Song
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DDC COURT, Feb 25 – During closing arguments of the last impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, January 6 defendant Thomas Edward Caldwell was ordered detained until trial by District Judge Amit P. Mehta. Inner City Press live tweeted it, here and below. (US v. Caldwell affidavit on Patreon here).
On February 26 Jessica Watkins, who as a founder of a small Ohio militia was present at the Capitol on January 6, was ordered detained pending trial. Inner City Press live tweeted it here and below (Podcast here)
On March 23 in the wider Oath Keepers' case, Judge Mehta convened the prosecutors and defense lawyers about prejudicial publicity. Inner City Press live tweeted it, here
and below. Judge Mehta mulled, but did not impose, a gag order.
Now we re-highlight in light of the nomination expected later on February 25, back on March 24, 2021 another then-DDC Judge was on the gag order path: "MINUTE ORDER as to CHRISTOPHER RAY GRIDER. The parties are scheduled to appear before Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a VTC Status Conference on 4/6/2021 at 2:30 pm. It is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall come to the Status Conference prepared to discuss whether the Court should enter an order pursuant to Local Criminal Rule 57.7(c), which authorizes the restriction of "extrajudicial statements by parties, witnesses, and attorneys" concerning "a widely publicized or sensational criminal case," where, among other things, such statements are "likely to interfere with the rights of the accused to a fair trial by an impartial jury." LCrR 57.7(c); see also LCrR 57.7(b)(1) ("It is the duty of the lawyer or law firm not to release or authorize the release of information or opinion which a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication, in connection with pending or imminent criminal litigation with which the lawyer or the law firm is associated, if there is a reasonable likelihood that such dissemination will interfere with a fair trial or otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice.").
Signed by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on 3/24/2021." We'll have more on this.
We'll have more on this.
Inner City Press live tweeted Riley June Williams on January 25, here.
From January 22, song here: Thread here.
Inner City Press' John Earle Sullivan song on SoundCloud here.
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