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Insurrection Case Domenic Pezzola Was
Detained Until Trial Now Seeks Release
Despite Cigar
By Matthew
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FEDERAL COURT,
Feb 18 – Minutes
into a break in the
impeachment trial in
the U.S. Senate, insurrectionist Domenic
Pezzola was ordered
detained until
trial by
Magistrate
Judge Robin M.
Meriweather.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it, below.
Now on
February 18,
Pezzola has
filed for
review and release,
including:
" While
others may be
seen with
flexicuffs or
banging on
doors,
searching for
victims, etc.
Pezzola is
just seen as
one of the
crowd walking
through the
building.
There is a
selfie video
where he
lights a
“victory
cigar” and
mugs for the
camera. The
implication
was he stopped
for a cigar
because he
considered the
objective
achieved,
stopping the
certification
of the
election
pursuant to
the
instructions
of the then
President.
There is no
indication
that he sought
to seek or
harm anyone in
the Capitol."
From
February 10:
Judge: He has
no criminal
history; he
has children
and a spouse
Inner City
Press
@innercitypress
· 8m Judge
Meriweather:
The danger is
that Mr.
Pezzola would
engage in
further
activities
like storming
the US Capitol
or other
government
buildings. In
making that
predictive
judgment, I
had to think
if there were
conditions,
GPS for
example
Judge
Meriweather:
Even real time
GPS
monitoring,
could it deter
the risk? He
agreed with
others to
return to this
area, to kill
whoever they
could and the
flash drive
found in the
search of his
residence, I
conclude he
should be
detained.
Magistrate
Judge
Meriweather:
Of course, the
defendant may
appeal this
decision to
District Judge
Kelly. I will
issue a
written order.
I did not make
a ruling on
flight; danger
to the
community was
enough. AUSA:
We'll be
before Judge
Kelly last
Friday in
March.
Defense
lawyer: How
quickly could
we appeal?
Judge
Meriweather:
I'll get the
decision out
in a couple of
days.
Back on
January 27, several Capitol
insurrection
cases
featured
references not
only to former
Vice President
Mike Pence but
also to
Antifa. Marissa
Suarez and
Patrick Alonzo
Stedman were before
U.S. District
Court for the
District
of Columbia
Magistrate
Judge G.
Michael Harvey
and Inner City
Press live
tweeted, here
and here:
Stedman
will be hiring
his own
counsel. US
affidavit:
"STEDMAN self
identifies as
a dating and
relationship
strategist on
his Twitter
page, under
display name
Pat Stedman
STEDMAN is a
frequent
Twitter user
and as of
January 10,
2021 had 25.6K
followers."
AUSA:
He may travel
in NJ, SDNY,
EDNY and
Eastern
District of
Pennsylvania.
Pre-trial says
conditions are
OK. Before the
proceeding,
there was talk
of not
explaining on
the record
why.
US:
Stedman
"discussed his
participation
in the riots:
“I was pretty
much in the
first wave,
and we broke
down the doors
and climbed up
the back part
of the Capitol
building and
got all the
way into the
chambers.”
In the
docket: "In
the first
image, STEDMAN
posted,
“Backwards hat
(Antifa) right
where they
were breaking
into the main
area of
Congress.”
and
US:
SUAREZ wrote
the following:
When we found
out pence
f*cked us, we
all stormed
the Capitol
building and
everyone
forced entry
and started
breaking
shit.. it was
a like a scene
out of a movie
(9:57 a.m.)
Defense
lawyer Boss
doesn't how if
Staten Island
is in SDNY or
EDNY (it's
EDNY). His
client for now
is in Florida
visiting
family.
Judge Harvey:
Staten Island
is in EDNY,
according to
Google. AUSA:
I searched
that too.
More
Suarez: "This
is one of the
antifa f*cks
we
found..
I actually saw
a kid getting
ready to throw
a jack daniels
bottle with
some shit in
at the cops
and I started
flipping out
on him and
then I
informed some
of the
military guys
and they
handled him."
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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