IMMEDIATELY after January 6, 2021 participants in the insurrection on the Capitol were all pointing at drumpf, who duped them into doing what they did.
And today I found another "sad story"
A member of the Oath Keepers militia charged with coordinating a military style attack on the Capitol is asking a federal judge to reconsider keeping him in jail until his criminal trial begins, according to Law & Crime.
Graydon Young, 54, was denied bond last month by U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Wilson after claiming that he was “duped” into participating in an insurrection with the extremist para-military group.
He insisted that he was “unaware of the organization’s nefarious purpose when he joined” and claiming his role in Jan. 6 was “limited.”
In the Second Superseding Indictment filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the government alleged that on Jan. 6, Young and nine other members of the Oath Keepers “planned with each other, and with others known and unknown, to forcibly enter the Capitol” in order to “stop, delay, and hinder the Congressional proceedings occurring that day.”
They were charged with conspiracy, obstructing official government proceedings, destruction of government property, and trespassing.
Young, who served in the U.S. Navy Reserve for seven years, was also charged with the corrupt destruction of evidence for deleting his Facebook account in the days following the Capitol siege.
Per the report, Young’s lawyers filed a motion on Monday “seeking to have the initial bond ruling vacated, arguing that the Government lacked sufficient evidence to hold Young on the charges.”
They cited to his “strong character” and the “psychological burdens” Young has endured as a result of his first-ever jailing as reasons why he should be released.
His attorneys wrote:
“The psychological burdens of being detained pending trial are very real for Mr. Young. Since he has no previous experience with the criminal justice system, being detained is taking an extremely high toll on his mental well-being,” the motion stated. “Prior to being detained, Mr. Young was a mentally strong and stable person with no history of mental disorders. His current emotional and psychological state is owing entirely to the fact that he has been detained and is unable to rely upon his normal social support systems. Because he is such a strong family man, locking him up away from his wife and children with the prospect of an extremely long period of time before trial is even scheduled is causing potentially irreparable psychological and emotional damage to Mr. Young.”
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Story Source: https://theintellectualist.com/2021/03/22/oath-keeper-who-stormed-capitol-struggling-to-cope-because-hes-a-family-man-with-no-jail-experience-lawyers-say/?fbclid=IwAR03GNXNj57B_fe8avEr6B12w4y9fybjo6LqfsTepnpgkCgyZVEvylSZpL4
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