This truly is a massive undertaking! Did we make it in time? #WeHope” tweeted the group in the post that included the video.Īssistant US Attorney Josh Rothstein confirmed that the government was now made aware of the new video evidence earlier and notified the court along with Reeder’s attorney, according to BuzzFeed.įrom one insurrectionist to another, the feds have arrested Ronald Colton McAbee, a deputy sheriff of Williamson County for his involvement in the Capitol insurrection. Yet only 4 hours before a court hearing for a plea deal for Robert Reeder do we find the assault. “We are extremely good at what we do, our small group has spent thousands of hours on research. The video featured a man with his arm out at a police officer wearing the same clothes that Reeder was pictured on that day. However, the online group of activists Sedition Hunters who have been spending months since the riots tracking and identifying the rioters, found Reeder attacking law enforcement officials in a video. The report went on to say that Reeder was set to request the judge for no jail time for his actions. The charge would only result in a low-level punishment. From the insurrection, dozens of police officers that defended the Capitol at the time were left severely injured and five people were killed.īuzzFeed reported that Reeder pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of parading, picketing, and demonstrating at the Capitol back in June. The abrupt cancellation came as new video footage surfaced showing Reeder’s involvement in assaulting a police officer. Insurrectionist Robert Reeder was already expected to appear in court Wednesday when the hearing was canceled at the last minute. However, one insurrectionist’s court hearing was abruptly canceled following video evidence that surfaced of their involvement. “He did not care much for President Trump, although he favored some of President Trump’s policies and he was not a strong supporter of his Democratic opponent in the election,” Bonsib wrote.Dozens of insurrectionists are waiting to be tried and sentenced for their participation in the insurrection at the Capitol last January 6. 6 rally because he thought it might be the last time to hear Trump speak, his lawyer said. “Anything other than a custodial sentence will fail to give the Defendant a dose of reality and deter him from future illegal conduct,” Rothstein wrote. He described himself to law enforcement as an “accidental tourist with a phone trying to document everything.” But the prosecutor said he was a “rioter violating the law,” not a journalist or a tourist. Reeder, who was arrested in February, isn’t accused of engaging in any violence or property destruction at the Capitol. Three dozen of them had entered guilty pleas as of Thursday. More than 570 people have been charged with federal crimes in the Jan. Probation Office has recommended a sentence of two years of probation, but Hogan isn’t bound by it. A fifth defendant who was jailed for six months after the riot was sentenced to time served. Four have avoided jail terms and been sentenced to probation. Judges have sentenced five other Capitol rioters who pleaded guilty to the same misdemeanor charge as Reeder. For the nation, it was a permanent source of shame and sorrow,” Assistant U.S. “For the Defendant, these unlawful acts were a source of pride and accomplishment. Reeder recorded himself breaching the Capitol twice, videotaped an officer being assaulted and bragged that he “battle(d) the police,” a prosecutor said in a court filing Friday. Federal prosecutors have recommended two months. The seventh Capitol riot defendant to be sentenced, he faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison after pleading guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. District Judge Thomas Hogan is scheduled to sentence Reeder next Wednesday.

Reeder is not politically active, is not and has never been a member of any right-wing or anti-government or extremist group and has, unfortunately, been publicly grouped with many others (whose) views he abhors,” defense attorney Robert Bonsib wrote.

Reeder made a “spur of the moment decision and regrettable mistake” when he attended the rally and followed a crowd of people to the Capitol after the speech, the attorney wrote. 6 because he had “nothing better to do,” his lawyer said in a court filing Wednesday. Robert Reeder, 55, took a train to Washington, D.C., to hear Trump’s speech on Jan. Capitol says he is a registered Democrat who wasn’t a supporter of former President Donald Trump and found himself at the scene as an “accidental tourist.” Prosecutors counter that he appeared to be proud of his actions that day. A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to joining the Jan.

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