Public defender asks for house arrest
Zucker requested his client be released on house arrest with reasonable curfew privileges that allow him to leave the house for work and activities related to this case.
In the filing, Zucker offered a nearly point-by-point breakdown of the prosecutor s previous detention request. Zucker said the prosecution’s memorandum must be examined for what it does not allege. This included no claims that Pezzola ever physically injured anyone on Jan. 6 or that he attempted to hurt anyone. Prosecutors did say Pezzola forcibly took a riot shield from a Capitol Police officer.
Zucker also said there is no evidence Pezzola participated in the planning of the events, nor that he played any role as a leader instructing others in what to do during the event, merely that he was one of the allegedly thousands who participated in the event. The only act that seems to distinguish defendant from thousands of other participants is that he used a shield to b
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New nationwide survey shows MAGA supporters’ beliefs about pandemic, election and insurrection
A new University of Washington study examines the beliefs of fervent Trump supporters about the pandemic, the election and the January riot at the U.S. Capitol.Blink O’fanaye
In the wake of the Capitol riot and on the eve of former President Trump’s second impeachment trial, new data from the University of Washington reveals the attitudes and beliefs that are growing within the Republican Party.
Surveys of hundreds of fervent Trump voters, whom researchers refer to as Make American Great Again (MAGA) supporters, reveal strong beliefs that the election was stolen; that COVID-19 is a bioweapon from China; and that the riot was the work of antifa. The data, collected just before and after the Capitol riot, is believed to be the only information of its kind, shedding light on MAGA supporters’ opinions about race, gender, the pandemic and the 2020 election.
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