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Ryan Nichols, an East Texas man accused of using chemical spray on police at the Capitol in the January 6 attack, received permission from the judge overseeing his case to pore over the tens of thousands of hours of security footage House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) turned over to Fox News, reported Politico.
"Jan. 6 defendant Ryan Nichols streamed some of the most violent rhetoric from the Capitol and was deemed dangerous by the federal judge overseeing his case. His lawyer says hes been in touch with a House GOP aide about accessing 'abandoned' Jan. 6 committee files," wrote Cheney. "In a bizarre filing, Nichols lawyers, say they want to delay his trial to review the 41,000 hours of footage Speaker McCarthy made available to Tucker Carlson and they want it released publicly for crowdsourcing purposes."
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,191 posts)winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)Christ what a can of worms.
Stinky The Clown
(68,827 posts)Walleye
(42,900 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,518 posts)Because Trump has promised everyone of them pardons if he gets back in office. I don't think Trump would do it, but he's said as mcuh.
sanatanadharma
(4,074 posts)A full public release can be expected to bring unintended consequences.
As in providing crowdsourced detectives much more evidence certain to be unwelcome among unidentified insurrectionists.