| Man Who
Punched Capitol Police Jan 6 Says Has Bad
Memory Now Barred For State Capitals
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Song
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FEDERAL COURT,
Jan 29 – Two days after
in the US Capitol among other
things Mark Leffingwell stuck
a Capitol Police officer
repeatedly with a closed fist,
he was released to fly back to
him home in Seattle, no GPS
monitor, no bond.
Inner City Press
covered the case.
U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia
Magistrate Judge G. Michael
Harvey held the detention, or
really non-detention,
proceeding. Inner City Press
live tweeted it here:
(then, song here)
Now
on January 29, Leffingwell
appeared by video from
Washington State before DDC
Judge Amy B. Jackson. Inner
City Press live tweeted it, here:
Judge Jackson:
The arraignment in this case
cannot be further delayed....
Defense, do you have concerns
about his competence?
Defense lawyer:
He does have memory issues,
from an IED in Iraq.
Clerk: Mr.
Leffingwell, how do you plead?
Defense lawyer: He plead not
guilty. And he is not
demanding a speedy trial.
There will be extensive
discovery.
Judge Jackson:
We'll have to exclude time
each time. Has he read the
conditions of
release? Defense: Yes. Judge
Jackson: I want to make sure
the firearm was returned to
the friend. Defense: It has
been.
Judge Jackson:
What is his employment?
Defense: He works in a
factory. I believe it is
packaging. Judge Jackson: Is
that full time? Leffingwell:
20 to 30 hour a week.
Judge
Jackson: Is the government
seeking any additional
conditions of release? US: No.
Judge Jackson: I
was struck by the no return to
DC condition. At the time of
the attack, there was info of
activities planned at state
capitals. Should they be
included?
Defense: We're
not opposed to that. He's a
disabled veteran. Judge
Jackson: I'm going to add that
as a condition. Stay away from
a state capitals, since you
don't live in one. What's the
status of the case? Does the
government have all the video?
Defense: I'd like
60 days. The government will
have to get the video from
cameras most people don't know
about. AUSA: There's
surveillance video, we'll be
seeking a protective order. It
captures Mr. Leffingwell's
conduct. We may be moving for
complex case status
Judge Jackson: I
turn protective orders around
very quickly. Everyone knows
my point of view about
it. Defense: I'm
supposed to start a trial
before Judge Kelly, a client
incarcerated two years now.
But I don't know if [Chief]
Judge Howell's order will be
expanded... Judge
Jackson: I'd make our next one
by video. Noon on March 31.
Defense: In count 1 and count
2, there's no cross reference
to sentencing guidelines.
Could the court direct
Probation to do a calculation
so I can advise Mr.
Leffingwell.
Judge Jackson:
I'll ask... OK, I'll see you
on March 31 if not before. We
are adjourned.
Inner City
Press will continue to cover
this case.
From January 8:
in Federal Court in DC,
hearing of detained Mark
Jefferson LEFFINGWELL who
"attempted to push past me and
other officers. When he was
deterred from advancing
further into the building,
LEFFINGWELL punched me
repeatedly with a closed
fist."
Assistant US
Attorney is *not* asking for
detention . He'll be allowed
to travel back home to
Seattle.
AUSA: We'll
be requesting strict
conditions... A stay-away from
DC... A curfew. Judge:
You say he works. What is it?
Lawyer: A packaging plant
called Panacea in Everett,
Washington. 30 to 40 hours a
week.
From the
complaint: "I was struck in
the helmet that I was wearing
and in the chest. Working with
other officers, I was able to
gain control over LEFFINGWELL,
who attempted to struggle
while being detained. I
transported LEFFINGWELL to US
Capitol Police HQ."
Judge Harvey:
Believe it or not, I have a
lot of these case. Pre-Trial
should find out about GPS in
the Districts where these
folks come from. I released
someone else yesterday.
Defense: GPS is not necessary.
He has 2 children.
Defense: He wants
to go to church on the
weekend. No need to be on a
GPS. We'll take a stay away.
He's never been to DC before.
Mrs. Leffingwell:
I'm an insurance agent. We
have a son, Noah, and
Nicholas. Judge: I am going to
release Mr. Leffingwell.
Judge: You can
turn in your guns to a police
station. You must call
pre-trial once a week and keep
working [at the packaging
plant.] Stay away from DC
except for court. Our
proceedings will be remote,
you probably won't have to
come.
Judge
Harvey: I don't see the point
of putting him on a curfew if
we're not going to do GPS.
Defense: He needs his ID to
fly back to Seattle.
AUSA: We have
nothing.
Defense: He
passed his phone to one of his
friends. I think they have his
license.
AUSA: A third
party? I can look for it.
Which agency.
Defense: He was
brought to 1-D-1, next to the
baseball field, then the cell
block.
Judge Harvey: I
am going to release Mr
Leffingwell. He must stay away
from Washington DC. [That
seems to be the main focus]
Judge Harvey:
You'll have to Zoom in to the
preliminary hearing... We've
got the phone number, no
worries, Mr. Leffingwell.
Song on SoundCloud here.
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