The prosecution of a defendant connected to the event on January 6th at the Capitol has encountered a roadblock under President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.
An Oath Keepers security officer who had previously been exonerated of conspiracy charges connected to the event was jailed on a different felony last week.
But on that charge of a misdemeanor trespassing offense the defendant, Michael Greene, was merely given two years probation,” Newsmax reported.
“Prosecutors had sought one year behind bars for Greene, but U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sided with defense attorneys who argued for probation. He noted Greene did not enter the building or have extensive participation in the group’s online chats, which grew increasingly violent before the riot,” said the report.
“We frankly don’t have a great deal of insight into what his political views were or what he thought about the election outcome,” the judge said.
He was a “trusted top lieutenant” of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and given an 18-year prison sentence, according to prosecutors.
Security guard Greene, an Army veteran who served in Iraq, wants to make it clear that he was never a part of the aforementioned organization.
“I took a job. I’m not an Oath Keeper. I took a job. I’m not a criminal,” The accused stated.
The prosecution disagreed, they said.
“Mr. Greene did not stumble upon this riot,” According to the case’s prosecutor, Kathryn Rakoczy.
“He came to do a job,” William Shipley, his lawyer, stated. “He’s really differently positioned than some of the others.”
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The defendant is thinking about filing an appeal to have his record cleared.
“I feel good, happy to be done with it right now,” he said. “Now that it’s over, I just got try to dig back out and try to get back to work.”
According to a news statement from the Department of Justice, Greene is charged with conspiring with other Oath Keepers to thwart the certification of President Biden’s election.
“Greene, who also is known as Michael Simmons, was indicted on a total of five charges, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging any duties; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and tampering with documents or proceedings,” it alleged.
“In a separate case, nine additional defendants face charges of seditious conspiracy and other offenses, including Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, 57, of Granbury, Texas, who is the founder and leader of the Oath Keeper. A superseding indictment was unsealed in that case yesterday,” According to the Justice Department.
“As alleged in the indictments, the Oath Keepers are a large but loosely organized collection of individuals, some of whom are associated with militias. Though the Oath Keepers will accept anyone as members, they explicitly focus on recruiting current and former military, law enforcement, and first-responder personnel. Members and affiliates of the Oath Keepers were among the individuals and groups who forcibly entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” it said.
“According to the indictment, Greene also used the monikers ‘Whip’ and ‘Whiplash.’ He participated in an online meeting on Nov. 9, 2020, in which Rhodes outlined a plan to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. Greene later was chosen by Rhodes to be an operations leader for activities on Jan. 6. Greene, Rhodes, and others made plans to bring weapons to the area to support the operation. The co-conspirators then traveled across the country to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in early January 2021. Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 5, 2021, according to the indictment, Greene and others transported firearms, ammunition, and related items to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area,” the Justice Department stated.
“On Jan. 6, Greene and Rhodes departed a hotel in Virginia at approximately 8:30 a.m. and drove to the Capitol area. Each later entered the restricted area of the Capitol grounds and directed co-conspirators to meet them at the Capitol. At 1:42 p.m., Greene sent a text message to an acquaintance stating, “Storming the capital,” along with a photograph that depicted the advancing mob on the west side of the Capitol grounds. Greene communicated with Rhodes and others during the afternoon. At about 3:09 p.m., Greene texted an acquaintance, “Congress evacuated.” After teams of other Oath Keepers entered and exited the Capitol, Greene and Rhodes met them in a plaza outside the building. The indictment alleges that sometime on or after Jan. 6, Greene deleted from his cellphone certain media, files, and communications that showed his involvement in the activities,” it said.
Sothey were there so were Capitol Guards who lit then in. Are you goimg to charge them.? How about the person who killed the lady, no you let him off That was murder plain and simple who was he not charged with that? Pelosi set it up to charge Trump as the Lwader I say it was her.