Risky business: Some Capitol riot defendants forgo lawyers

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A New York man charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection wants to bill the government for working on his own case. “I believe that it's a governmental strategy and tactic that if they can't convict you, they at least want to bankrupt and destroy you'

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, Alan Hostetter speaks during a pro-Trump election integrity rally he organized at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices in Santa Ana, Calif. Hostetter is one of at least five people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, who have chosen to defend themselves in court, brushing aside federal judges’ repeated warnings about the risks of trying to navigate their high-stakes cases without an attorney.

The decision by at least five defendants to defend themselves is bound to create a host of challenges, particularly for those behind bars. They risk getting themselves in more legal trouble if they say the wrong thing in court. They have to sift through theinvestigators have collected in the attack. And the strategy is already testing judges’ ability to maintain control of their courtrooms.

“I believe that it's a governmental strategy and tactic that if they can't convict you, they at least want to bankrupt and destroy you,” Hostetter said. Fellows took the stand to argue for his release, brushing aside warnings from the judge that he could open himself to perjury charges if he testified.Fellows told McFadden that he used what he described as a “loophole" he had read about online to disqualify a different judge overseeing an unrelated case in New York. Fellows said he listed a phone number for that judge's wife as his own number in court records to make it appear that he knows the woman.

last month for failing to comply with court orders to cooperate with probation officers during her pretrial release. During a July 19 hearing, Bauer told McFadden that she doesn’t want “any lawyering from the bench.” When the judge denied her request to dismiss her charges, she asked, “On what terms?”

 

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That is a common tactic to suppress & destroy people. 'Obey or we will destroy you.'

Oh do, go on.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sorry bub..it doesn't work the way you want it to. That's why your in deep shit for being a moron and a traitor.

Excellent. The quicker they're locked up, the better.

Should have stayed home. That’s what NORMAL people did that day. No sympathy for any of them. Lose their jobs, livelihood, and family. So be it. January6thInsurrection january6 January6thCommission

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