In Jan 6
Case Q-Anon Shaman Chansley Now Pleads
Guilty With Much Under Seal
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Podcast
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FEDERAL COURT,
Sept 3 – Back on March 5,
so-called
QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley had
a detention
hearing before
DDC Judge
Royce
Lamberth, who
questioned
Chansley's
Clayton,
Missouri-based
retained
counsel Albert
Watkins about
allegedly
disobeying
orders and
allowing 60
Minutes to film and
interview Chansley
during an
attorney
client video
call from the
jail to
Watkins'
office.
Judge
Lamberth put
into the
docket the Feb
10 email to
Chansley's
lawyer's firm,
that
interviews had
to go through
US Marshals
Service &
be approved by
judge, email
on Patreon, here
But
now there are
sealed
exhibits, and
off the record
talks.
On September
3, citing
these, Chansley
pled guilty,
with a
sentencing on
November 17 at
10 am.
Inner City Press
live tweeted
it here
(podcast
here)
now Jan
6 case of
so-called
QAnon Shaman,
Jacob Chansley
- he is
prepared to
plead guilty
before DDC
Judge
Lamberth, by
phone. On the
line, somehow
yells,
"Freedom!" Now
everyone is
muted
Defense
lawyer Albert
Watkin says
Chansley has
reviewed the
psych
evaluation.
Judge
Lamberth: Mr.
Chansley, I
have to
determine if
you are
competent.
Chansley: I am
very
appreciative
for the
court's
willingness to
have me and my
mental
vulnerabilities
evaluated
Chansley:
I hope you
weren't
offended by
anything I
told the
psychologist.
Judge Lambert:
I was not.
Chansley:
Thank you for
what you are
doing for out
country. Judge
Lamberth: The
plea agreement
has a mistake.
You are
pleading to
Count Two,
obstruction.
Judge
Lamberth: You
are charged
with corruptly
seeking to
obstruction
and impede
Congress with
threats and
remaining in a
restricted
building, and
disorderly
conduct - do
you
understand?
Chansley: Yes
Your Honor.
Judge
Lamberth:
Maximum
penalty twenty
years.
Judge
Lamberth:
Please
describe the
agreement.
Watkins: I
reviewed it
with my
client. The
government
acknowledges
we can argue
for
pre-sentence
release. Judge
Lamberth: I'll
take that
under
advisement.
I've had a
discussion off
the record...
Judge
Lamberth:
You've signed
a statement of
offense. Is
what what
really
happened,
& you are
guilty of?
Chansley: Yes.
Judge
Lamberth: I
enter a
finding of
guilty. I'll
consider
release, since
you have not
pled to a
crime of
violence. I'll
listen to your
motion.
AUSA:
Under our
agreement, any
new filing
would be
breech. Judge
Lamberth: OK,
I'll go on
what I have.
The motion is
under seal.
Can you argue
an unsealed
part of that?
Watkins:
There's a
sealed exhibit
to the motion.
[The whole
exhibit is
sensitive
mental info?]
Watkins:
We had an
honest
discussion off
the record.
[Also - is
that
appropriate?
The basis for
release or
detention? Was
it as least
transcribed,
so if the DC
Circuit were
to say to
release it,
they could?]
Watkins:
I have
identified a
family he can
stay with, a
family with
their own
adult child
with special
needs.He will
be monitored
during the
pre-sentence
period. A
psycho-therapist
will deal with
the psych
issues in a
non dilatory
way
Watkins:
To help Mr.
Watkins, we
have a former
FBI
agent,
in
geographical
proximity to
me, to put Mr.
Chansley in a
position of
knowledge. We
ask for
pre-sentence
release. AUSA:
We wanted the
motion dealt
with before
the plea. No
more need for
counsel access
AUSA:
He's been
incarcerated 8
months, a
guideline
sentence would
be much more.
We are
concerned
about safety
of the
community and
return to
court, for the
imminent
sentencing. We
filed this
under seal.
[How can all
this be
sealed, in a
criminal
case?]
Watkins:
We did have
our private in
virtual
chambers
discussion
with the court
[Inner City
Press: Bad
practice -
should be
transcribed]
Watkins:
He was not a
planner or
organizer. We
need to
discuss the
pre-sentence
report, and
for
humanitarian
reasons
Watkins:
The US
military has
known that Mr.
Chansley has a
personality
disorder. I
want to get
him
healed.
Judge
Lamberth: I'll
take it under
advisement and
rule later.
Adjourned
Inner
City
Press has
uploaded the plea
agreement, to
41 to 51 months, here
Inner
City Press
live tweeted
March 5 it, here:
Chansley's
lawyer
Watkins: Trump
convinced
people like my
client that
something was
occurring
that, if true,
would have
justified
their actions.
You have high
tens of
thousands of
people who
went to the
Capitol
because they
believed our
President.
Chansley's
lawyer: There
are people who
sold online
property they
stole in the
Capitol, and
they are free,
brushing their
teeth in this
home. My
client never
used a flag in
a violent
fashion. It is
not a spear.
You can
characterize
things anyway
you want
Chansley's
lawyer: You
can't lump all
of them under
one moniker.
There is no
one else
currently
being held who
was not
violent, did
not have
weapons. The
flag is not a
spear.
Chansley's
lawyer: My
client owns
it. He has
apologized and
showed his
face without
paint. This is
as strong a
case for
pre-trial
release as any
out of January
6.
Judge
Lamberth: The
Marshal asked
me if I gave
permission for
Chansley to be
interviewed by
60 Minutes.
How did that
come about? It
seems you did
it as a
subterfuge, in
your office,
by video.
Chansley's
lawyer
Watkins: There
was no
subterfuge.
There was no
interview in
the
jail.
Judge
Lamberth: The
facility was
told it was an
attorney
client
interview.
Chansley's
lawyer: I
didn't tell
them it was an
interview with
60 Minutes.
Judge
Lamberth: I'm
sure you
didn't. I'm
going to file
this in the
record today.
They told you
in advance.
Chansley's
lawyer: I
admit I took
all the steps
with 60
Minutes.
Judge
Lamberth: I'll
put this into
the record for
your response.
And I'll rule
as quickly as
possible.
Adjourned.
We'll
have more on
this.
Inner
City Press
live tweeted
Riley June
Williams on
January 25, here.
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22, song here:
Thread here.
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Press' John Earle Sullivan
song on SoundCloud here.
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