How can January 6th Defendants Prepare their Best Defense when the Feds are withholding key evidence every step of the way??? They can't and that is why ALL of these bogus Prosecutions must be VACATED!
by Joselph M. Hanneman, The Epoch Times, February 20, 2024
The FBI could be compelled to identify all special agents who were present on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, if a federal judge grants a motion from Jan. 6 defendant William Pope of Topeka, Kansas.
In a recent court filing before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, Mr. Pope cited three unidentified FBI special agents who were present on the east side of the U.S. Capitol when a large crowd surged up the steps to the Columbus Doors just after 2 p.m.The agents stood together and one enthusiastically clapped and cheered as protesters took to the east steps, according to the motion.
“From the clapping and celebratory expression we can conclude that these FBI agents were in favor of people accessing the building and that they believed the people had a First Amendment right to be there,” Mr. Pope alleged.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 20 asked Judge Contreras for extra time to respond to Mr. Pope’s motion, a request the judge quickly granted over Mr. Pope’s objections. The DOJ now has until March 14 to respond.
“We have only five months until trial is scheduled to begin and there is still a lot that needs to be resolved before then,” Mr. Pope wrote. “Furthermore, the government currently has three attorneys assigned to my case ... while I am only a single pro se defendant, so I don’t understand why you need a full month to properly respond.”
In his motion to compel, Mr. Pope cited the public statements of former FBI special agent John Guandolo as proof that there were unidentified FBI agents in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021.
“In fact, the government has failed to notify me that these FBI agents were even in the crowd, that they made exculpatory observations, and that they collected photographic and video evidence relevant and favorable to my defense,” Mr. Pope wrote.
“For these reasons, I have no choice but to motion this honorable court to compel the government to identify all FBI agents who were material witnesses at the Capitol, and to produce all photographs, videos, and records related to their presence.”
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Mr. Guandolo—who appeared in the 2021 documentary “Capitol Punishment,” has made numerous media appearances since, and testified in a 2022 civil case related to Jan. 6—described being with active FBI agents on Capitol grounds that day. He is a former FBI liaison to U.S. Capitol Police.
In an Alaska civil trial, Mr. Guandolo said he and his FBI colleagues observed protesters approach and enter the Capitol with no resistance from police.
“I personally witnessed individuals walk up the stairs to the Capitol, have conversations with the two or three police officers that were stationed midway up, I watched the Capitol Police point up the stairs, and they calmly ... went up and went in those doors,” he testified. “Capitol Police watched them, and the police at the top of the stairs didn’t stop them.”
Mr. Guandolo—who appeared in the 2021 documentary “Capitol Punishment,” has made numerous media appearances since, and testified in a 2022 civil case related to Jan. 6—described being with active FBI agents on Capitol grounds that day. He is a former FBI liaison to U.S. Capitol Police.
In an Alaska civil trial, Mr. Guandolo said he and his FBI colleagues observed protesters approach and enter the Capitol with no resistance from police.
“I personally witnessed individuals walk up the stairs to the Capitol, have conversations with the two or three police officers that were stationed midway up, I watched the Capitol Police point up the stairs, and they calmly ... went up and went in those doors,” he testified. “Capitol Police watched them, and the police at the top of the stairs didn’t stop them.”
Mr. Guandolo—who appeared in the 2021 documentary “Capitol Punishment,” has made numerous media appearances since, and testified in a 2022 civil case related to Jan. 6—described being with active FBI agents on Capitol grounds that day. He is a former FBI liaison to U.S. Capitol Police.
In an Alaska civil trial, Mr. Guandolo said he and his FBI colleagues observed protesters approach and enter the Capitol with no resistance from police.
“I personally witnessed individuals walk up the stairs to the Capitol, have conversations with the two or three police officers that were stationed midway up, I watched the Capitol Police point up the stairs, and they calmly ... went up and went in those doors,” he testified. “Capitol Police watched them, and the police at the top of the stairs didn’t stop them.”
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