by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 22 – With both copies of the Federal indictment still sealed on PACER, on December 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Inner City Press when to the arraignment of Jay Lucas and live tweeted, here
OK - now at arraignment of Jay Lucas, former candidate for New Hampshire governor, private equity investor and owner of defunct Eagle-Times newspaper
Defense counsel: Mr Lucas is not CJA eligible but I will represent his interests today.
Judge: You are charged in four counts. How do you plead? Lucas: Not guilty AUSA: We have extracted his cellphones. We are in the process of notifying victims. Judge: Discovery by January 19. Defense: Conference in 60 days? Judge: February 18 at noon
AUSA: He is out on $1 million bond. A no-contact with LBE persons with exceptions. Judge: So ordered. Three weeks instead of two for signatures due to the holidays Adjourned
Note: After Inner City Press' article (and tweets) noting the continued sealing of the indictment, it was belatedly unsealed.
The case is USA v. Lucas, 1:25-cr-581 (Rochon)
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