Oath Keepers-linked attorney ruled incompetent to stand trial, will get mental treatment in custody

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

CNN — Kellye SoRelle, the woman who claimed to be general counsel for the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, will be held in federal custody for mental health treatment after a judge ruled Tuesday that she was incompetent to stand trial.

SoRelle is facing several charges related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, including felony charges of obstruction of an official proceeding and obstruction of justice. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

DC District Judge Amit Mehta has postponed SoRelle’s trial indefinitely, stating that based on reports from the defense and government medical experts, SoRelle is currently suffering from a mental disorder that that will hinder her ability to understand the legal proceedings.

It has not been determined where SoRelle will receive treatment. The facility must report every 60 days about the status of SoRelle’s condition and determine when she will be competent to stand trial.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/politics/sorelle-oath-keepers/index.html

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Short article at post time.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. So sounds like she was never their counsel, at minimum ...

"the woman who claimed to be general counsel for the right-wing Oath Keepers militia"

Also ... nowhere in the article does it actually confirm ... she's an attorney at all except the headline.

[cab67]

2. She did work as an attorney in the past.

https://www.hcnews.com/news/those-who-knew-the-oath-keeper-s-general-counsel-say-they-saw-storm-clouds-of/article_b38f6ec8-0932-11ee-912b-d33cd35d288e.html

[Effete Snob]

6. She's been suspended from practice

After J6 you might have noticed a story about an insurance company lawyer who filed a weird lawsuit in Texas to suspend the US government, citing Lord of the Rings.

She was co-counsel on that suit.

[moniss]

7. I'm actually surprised

that Texas didn't allow the case to move forward all the way through decision, appeals etc. because most of Texas seems to be right along with the thinking that would embrace the "reasoning" and "claims" in that suit.

[HuskyOffset]

12. If she's wearing one of the Rings of Power...

...you must acquit, on the grounds of mental domination by Sauron. The defense rests, just in time for second breakfast!

[Major Nikon]

3. You don't have to be mentally ill to be general counsel for the Goats Keepers

...but it's a great start

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. I think we have found Trump's next lawyer!

Seems sort of inevitable doesn't it?

[orangecrush]

5. Shock treatment?

[moniss]

8. So her incarceration could go on

forever? There must be more to this diagnosis. I can't imagine the court would contemplate an open ended confinement.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. SoRelle would likely regain competency "in the foreseeable future"

Mehta based his determination on SoRelle’s “motion for competency restoration” and reports from both the prosecution and defense that had separately concluded that SoRelle was “presently incompetent to stand trial.”

Those reports also indicated that SoRelle would likely regain competency “in the foreseeable future,” and Mehta found that there is a “substantial probability” that she will “attain the capacity to permit the proceedings to go forward.”

Mehta, a Barack Obama appointee, ordered SoRelle to be committed to federal authorities for “hospitalization for treatment in a suitable medical facility for the purposes of competency restoration” once space in such a program becomes available. Reports on her condition must be submitted to the judge every 60 days thereafter until she has “recovered to such an extent” that she can proceed with her trial.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/oath-keepers-lawyer-who-made-infamous-lord-of-the-rings-argument-in-pro-trump-lawsuit-deemed-mentally-incompetent-for-her-jan-6-trial/

[moniss]

13. Thanks

I knew there had to be more to this.

[mwb970]

9. Well of COURSE she is sick in the head.

Look who she represents. Look who she hangs out with. Sick people, every one.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Non-factual mini-vents like that may be satisfying to the venter but add nothing to the discussion.n

[mwb970]

14. And what does your micro-vent add to the discussion?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. The hope that you will have compassion for ill people and not conflate your political views with med

The hope that you will not devalue people who are suffering from mental illness by lumping them in with large numbers of people that you don't like.

By saying as you did that people who have been charged and convicted in court are mentally ill when clearly they are NOT, you don't exhibit compassion for mentally ill people.

She is ill.
She is not ill because she holds political views you don't like.
She is not ill because she hung around people who hold political views you don't like.
They are not ill; especially they are not deemed ill because they simply hold political views you don't like.

She is ill.
She is being cared for.

Separate your humanity from your political dislikes, lest you lose your humanity by mixing them together.

[mwb970]

16. Ah.

You need to calm down.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Says the guy who shouted "Well of COURSE she is sick in the head."

[WhiteTara]

18. cognitive dissonance

can render one incompetent as shown in this instance