| In Jan 6 Case Harrelson Is
Charged On Videos Still Withheld, Inner City
Press Challenge Docketed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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FEDERAL COURT,
August 17 --
After
the DC
Circuit's
decision in US
v. Munchel, DDC Judge Amit P.
Mehta
had before him
Capitol breach
defendant Kenneth
Harrelson. He
also had video
exhibits
submitted by
DOJ - exhibit
Inner
City Press
has been
denied access
to, as
recently as
August 5.
And so
on August 5,
Inner City
Press filed a
letter and
motion with
Judge Mehta, on
its
DocumentCloud
here.
On August
16, this:
"Judge Mehta
is in receipt
of your email
requesting
access to the
videos filed
in United
States v.
Harrelson, No.
21-cr-28-10.
Under Standing
Order No.
21-28, in
order for the
court to grant
Inner City
Press access
to the videos
filed in Mr.
Harrelson’s
case, you will
need to file
an application
for access
pursuant to
D.D.C. Local
Criminal Rule
57.6."
That rule provides:
"Any news
organization
or other
interested
person, other
than a party
or a
subpoenaed
witness, who
seeks relief
relating to
any aspect of
proceedings in
a criminal
case... shall
file an
application
for such
relief with
the Court. The
application
shall include
a statement of
the
applicant's
interest in
the matter as
to which
relief is
sought, a
statement of
facts, and a
specific
prayer for
relief."
So,
citing the
Rule, Inner
City Press
filed another
letter, one page,
now docketed
here:
"Interest
in the matter:
Inner City
Press covers
dozens of the
January 6
cases, its
reporting has
been cited in
numerous other
media. There
is no reason
for it to have
access denied
or delayed to
videos this
Court has
provide to
other media
outlets.
Statement
of facts: The
video was used
as a judicial
document in
this Court and
must be made
available, to
all and not
just some.
Specific
prayer for
relief: Make
the video
publicly
available. In
the interim,
instruct the
Office of the
US Attorney to
make it
available."
Now
what? Podcast
here.
Similarly,
Inner
City Press
asked DOJ and
then Judge
Timothy Kelly
for access to
the videos
that DOJ had
shown to the
court in the
case: judicial
documents
that, under
case law, must
be made
available to
the public. But
it was denied
access, on the
theory that
Judge Kelly's
order earlier
in the month
limited access
to these judicial
documents to a
particular
sub-set of the
public.
Inner
City Press on
July 27 wrote
to Judge
Kelly,
including in
the form of a
motion, now on DocumentCloud, here.
By noon the
next day, July
28, nothing -
no responses,
no response.
We'll
have more on
this. For now,
podcast here;
music video here.
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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