As mountain of video evidence grows, Capitol riot trials are pushed to 2022 and beyond

[DonViejo]

Spencer Hsu 22 hrs ago

A struggle to manage huge amounts of video evidence is delaying hundreds of Jan. 6 Capitol breach cases as many of more than 500 people charged now wait for U.S. prosecutors to produce records that could help defendants decide whether to face trial or plead guilty.

More than six months after the riots, the government has turned over big blocks of evidence directly implicating many individual defendants — including pertinent social media posts, FBI reports and search warrant returns.

And though the government has shared clips of U.S. Capitol surveillance and officer body-camera footage, it has yet to release comprehensive video of the entire event that might reveal mitigating or exonerating conduct that day, such as whether a person helped maintain order at other times, or what police or others nearby were doing, prosecutors and defense lawyers have said.

Partly as a result, only a trickle of suspects — about 20 out of more than 500 charged so far — have pleaded guilty.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-mountain-of-video-evidence-grows-capitol-riot-trials-are-pushed-to-2022-and-beyond/ar-AAMexjL

[Alpeduez21]

1. Just more time for requkes to consolidate power without accountability

Why don’t we just give the country to them now and save time. Jesus h fucking Christ on a stick this is bullshit