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Eugene

(61,894 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:23 AM Dec 2022

Ex-soldier with Jan. 6 ties tries to explain guns, classified info in Tampa trial

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Ex-soldier with Jan. 6 ties tries to explain guns, classified info in Tampa trial

Dan Sullivan, Tampa Bay Times
Fri, December 9, 2022 at 11:28 PM

TAMPA — On the fifth day of his federal trial on charges that he had illegal weapons and classified materials at his Tampa home, retired U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Jeremy Brown took the witness stand and tried to explain himself.

Yes, two illegal guns federal agents found belonged to him. Yes, he was the author of a report that was marked as “secret” and found in his girlfriend’s recreational vehicle. But no, he didn’t believe the information it contained was classified.

No, the hand grenades agents said they found were not his. Nor was the CD that held four other classified documents, also marked “secret”; he’d never seen it before.

For several hours Friday, Brown talked and talked, having told a judge that it would be his “honor, duty, and pleasure” to testify in his own defense.

But he seemed to falter under cross-examination.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/ex-soldier-tries-explain-guns-232800802.html

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Ex-soldier with Jan. 6 ties tries to explain guns, classified info in Tampa trial (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2022 OP
classified documents rampartc Dec 2022 #1
Now we can see how important the Trump classified documents case is Walleye Dec 2022 #2
The evidence was in his possesion and control, but not his? ... marble falls Dec 2022 #3

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
1. classified documents
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:32 AM
Dec 2022

a master sgt certainly understands classified documents (though we no longer expect that of a commander in chief) . make an example of this guy.

marble falls

(57,081 posts)
3. The evidence was in his possesion and control, but not his? ...
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 08:58 AM
Dec 2022

... this guy may not the sharpest MAGA in the basket. Most of these guys are low wattage - truly a 'confederacy of dumbshits'.

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