A Jan. 6 defendant, in opening arguments at his trial before a jury on Wednesday, compared himself to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and said that he liked that members of Congress were fearing for their lives during the Capitol attack.

Brandon Fellows was initially arrested 10 days after the Capitol riot in January 2021. He first faced misdemeanor charges, but was later indicted on a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting.

Fellows had been held in pretrial custody since mid-2021. He was detained because while he was on pretrial release in his Jan. 6 case, he called the mother of his probation officer and also reportedly harassed a former girlfriend, in violation of a state protection order. In recent court filings, he called U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden corrupt and biased.

  • @kn33@lemmy.world
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    1911 months ago

    Opening arguments

    Jury looks at each other

    “Sooo… this guy’s definitely guilty, right?”

    • @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub
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      he called the mother of his probation officer and also reportedly harassed a former girlfriend, in violation of a state protection order.

      Probably.

    • @demonquark@lemmy.ml
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      1911 months ago

      Took me second to remember who Bret Kavanaugh is. Then it me: the right wing rapist who likes beer. Yeah. This tracks.

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    “I truly do like the fact that those senators and congressman were in fear for their lives,” Fellows told jurors near the end of his roughly 19-minute opening statement, doubling down on statements he had made on social media in the wake of the riot.

    I hope more chuds can be encouraged to represent themselves in court after taking pictures of themselves committing felonies, this shit is hilarious.

  • @shottymcb@lemm.ee
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    While I’m glad this idiot is going to jail, I have to say

    After entering the Capitol through a broken window, Fellows made his way to the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, R-Ore., where he put his feet up on a table and smoked marijuana, Nevin said, showing jurors another photo of Fellows taken in the office. 

    Is a baller move.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant, in opening arguments at his trial before a jury on Wednesday, compared himself to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and said that he liked that members of Congress were fearing for their lives during the Capitol attack.

    He was detained because while he was on pretrial release in his Jan. 6 case, he called the mother of his probation officer and also reportedly harassed a former girlfriend, in violation of a state protection order.

    The defendant referenced Elon Musk, calling the owner of the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, a “high-functioning person” he looked up to, and said that people with Asperger’s “are more susceptible to manipulation.”

    He said jurors should understand why Kavanaugh was emotional and angry when the then-Supreme Court nominee spoke of the allegations against him during his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2018.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolina Nevin delivered a more somber opening statement that sought to diffuse the “almost comedic” nature of Fellow’s actions during the riot.

    Nevin also showed jurors excerpts from social media posts made by Fellows after the riot in which he expressed pride in his actions and said he hoped members of Congress would “live in constant fear.”


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  • @Hoomod@lemmy.world
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    Does he like beer? And did he definitely not rape someone because he didn’t put it down in his calendar?

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    I’m not under any circumstances handing it to him, but i too liked thar members of Congress were fearing for their lives during the MAGA feild trip to the capital

  • @Zitronensaft@feddit.de
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    I do enjoy when they represent themselves. They do such a great job of letting the courts know who they really are.