Moncada Arrested For Storming Capitol After Man Who Punched Capitol Police Jan 6 Is Freed, Like John Earle Sullivan
Nicholas Moncada of Staten Island will be presented in EDNY on Jan 19, @InnerCityPress will live tweet (and compare) it
By Matthew Russell Lee, PatreonSong
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FEDERAL COURT, Jan 18 – Days after in the US Capitol among other things Mark Leffingwell stuck a Capitol Police officer repeatedly with a closed fist, he was released to fly back to his home in Seattle, no GPS monitor, no bond.
For Staten Island's Nicolas Moncada it may be different. From the complaint: "FBI New York executed search warrants, issued by the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on both the Facebook and Twitter accounts believed to be owned and used by MONCADA. The content therein supports the screen shots submitted by Campus Safety at Fashion Institute of Technology. Below are those screen shots believed to be posted by MONCADA which depict MONCADA’S presence on U.S. Capitol grounds during the riot on January 6, 2021.1 In addition, on or about the same day, law enforcement officers observed that MONCADA posted on his Instagram account a video that your affiant believes to be the scaffolding maintained outside of the U.S. Capitol which depicts what appears to be law enforcement officers standing on the U.S. Capitol steps. In a separate video MONCADA posted what appears to be blood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol." Full US Statement of Fact, on Inner City Press' DocumentCloud, here. We'll have more on this.
As to Leffingwell, Inner City Press covered the case. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey held the detention, or really non-detention, proceeding. Inner City Press live tweeted it here: (then, song here)
Now in Federal Court in DC, hearing of detained Mark Jefferson LEFFINGWELL who "attempted to push past me and other officers. When he was deterred from advancing further into the building, LEFFINGWELL punched me repeatedly with a closed fist."
Assistant US Attorney is *not* asking for detention . He'll be allowed to travel back home to Seattle.
AUSA: We'll be requesting strict conditions... A stay-away from DC... A curfew. Judge: You say he works. What is it? Lawyer: A packaging plant called Panacea in Everett, Washington. 30 to 40 hours a week.
From the complaint: "I was struck in the helmet that I was wearing and in the chest. Working with other officers, I was able to gain control over LEFFINGWELL, who attempted to struggle while being detained. I transported LEFFINGWELL to US Capitol Police HQ."
Judge Harvey: Believe it or not, I have a lot of these case. Pre-Trial should find out about GPS in the Districts where these folks come from. I released someone else yesterday. Defense: GPS is not necessary. He has 2 children.
Defense: He wants to go to church on the weekend. No need to be on a GPS. We'll take a stay away. He's never been to DC before.
Mrs. Leffingwell: I'm an insurance agent. We have a son, Noah, and Nicholas. Judge: I am going to release Mr. Leffingwell.
Judge: You can turn in your guns to a police station. You must call pre-trial once a week and keep working [at the packaging plant.] Stay away from DC except for court. Our proceedings will be remote, you probably won't have to come.
Judge Harvey: I don't see the point of putting him on a curfew if we're not going to do GPS. Defense: He needs his ID to fly back to Seattle.
AUSA: We have nothing.
Defense: He passed his phone to one of his friends. I think they have his license.
AUSA: A third party? I can look for it. Which agency.
Defense: He was brought to 1-D-1, next to the baseball field, then the cell block.
Judge Harvey: I am going to release Mr Leffingwell. He must stay away from Washington DC. [That seems to be the main focus]
Judge Harvey: You'll have to Zoom in to the preliminary hearing... We've got the phone number, no worries, Mr. Leffingwell.
Song on SoundCloud here.
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