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Kelly, a longtime Justice Department employee who worked for years at the U.S. attorney's D.C. officethe same office prosecuting every January 6 casewas unpersuaded by the defense argument and the totality of the evidence before him. "I think it makes sense for me to order the defense to do what the government's asked," Kelly concluded. The spreadsheet, which Ballantine later in the hearing described as a "classified document," could not be reviewed, copied, or shared until further notice.
A flurry of motions followed. Defense attorneys filed motions to dismiss the case based on Sixth Amendment violations. The Justice Department informed the court on March 12 that 80 rows in the original spreadsheet had been removed after prosecutors determined the messages were "either classified or sensitive." And the reference to a doctored FBI report? The government claimed the agent requesting the edit simply wanted to be removed from an email chain because he had been promoted and was no longer handling the informant. "The exchange concerns a routine clerical matter and does not suggest any wrongdoing on the part of the FBI generally or of Agent Miller personally," prosecutors wrote.
Sure.
Oh, and the 338 items of destroyed evidence? Prosecutors insisted, without providing a scintilla of proof, that message referred to the routine "disposal" of evidence in a 20-year old case that had been closed.
Always indignant, the Justice Department condemned the "potential for confusion and unfair prejudice here is obvious, given the inflammatory use defense counsel have already made of the 'destroy evidence' remark."
But the government's explanation as to why FBI agents were spying on email correspondence between a defendant and his attorney then apparently sharing that intelligence with prosecutors handling the case should alarm all Americans.
While Chansley case receives justified attention, another bigger travesty of justice is unfolding in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial.
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) March 14, 2023
Defense team uncovered thousands of messages related to the case that the FBI/DOJ tried to conceal.https://t.co/s8hcSqD0P5
Prosecutors claimed the 338 items of "destroyed" evidence pertained to a closed case. But why did FBI agent respond "OMG INSANE" to routine maintenance?
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) March 14, 2023
Judge then allowed DOJ to unilaterally edit spreadsheet--DOJ removed 80 rows of messages deemed "classified or sensitive." LOL
These people are being held as political prisoners of the Democrat Marxist party. End of story.
Empty the gulag first, then we can discuss governance/legislation again.