Prosecutors defend Jan 6 felony charge filed against former Marine helicopter pilot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday defended their decision to file a felony "obstruction" charge for actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot against a former U.S. Marine who served in a presidential helicopter squad when George W. Bush and Barack Obama were in the White House.
At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Kelley said that video found on the cellphone of former Marine John Andries "was central" to a decision by prosecutors to add a felony charge to misdemeanor riot-related charges they had initially filed against him.
Andries' phone video "certainly showed the defendant's intent that day," Kelley said. But she added that prosecutors had not "closed off all hope" of a plea deal in the case.
Public defender Maria Jacob, representing Andries, said the felony for which her client was charged was vague and that "many" riot defendants only faced misdemeanor charges for the same Jan. 6 behavior.
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is that there seems to be a bit of discrepancy between who gets charged with what.
I think that the justice department should heed the Public Defender and make sure that ALL of these traitors are treated equally and, like her own client, charged with felonies! 