Judge Orders 'Bullhorn Lady' to Explain Why She Shouldn't Be Jailed for Mocking Court Order ...

[left-of-center2012]

An accused U.S. Capitol rioter known online as “Bullhorn Lady” has been ordered to explain why her pre-trial release shouldn’t be revoked after Law&Crime reported that she appeared to have been recorded in a bookstore wearing a mask with holes in it — in possible violation of court-ordered conditions for staying out of jail.

A used book store in western Pennsylvania — showed an individual who appeared to be Rachel Powell wearing a mesh mask. The problem was that Powell, as a unique condition of her pretrial release, was ordered by Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell to “wear a mask whenever she leaves her residence.”

On Friday, Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said in crystal clear fashion that he felt the defendant’s actions mocked the earlier court order. Judge Lamberth said that Powell’s “decision to appear in a video wearing a mask with holes in it at work mocks compliance with the Court’s Order setting a condition of pre-trial release that she ‘wear a mask whenever she leaves her residence.'”

“No reasonable person could think that defendant’s ‘mask’ complied with that condition, which Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell imposed to ensure that defendant ‘would not pose a risk to the health and safety of the community when she left her house,'” Lamberth said. The judge, saying he “does not take [Powell’s] willingness to flout the Court’s order lightly,” ordered the defendant to provide within 10 days an explanation in writing as to why she should not be jailed ahead of trial once again.

https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/bullhorn-lady-ordered-to-explain-why-she-shouldnt-be-jailed/?utm_source=mostpopular

[Kaleva]

1. We ought to be thankful their ranks are filled with dim bulbs

[TreasonousBastard]

2. What a country! She gets 10 days to come up with an excuse why she shouldn't...

be in the slam before she goes back to the slam.

[Stallion]

4. No its a Show Cause Order Required by Due Process

a judge can't impose criminal sanctions without evidence before the Court and due process requires a reasonable time to present such evidence. News reports of wrongdoing are technically hearsay (with exceptions)

[GregariousGroundhog]

8. What are the odds of Rachell Powell having her bail revoked over this?

One of the definition's of the word mask in the oxford dictionary is "a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or terrify other people." What Rachell Powell is wearing clearly is a partial cover of her face mean to amuse other people. The judge is clearly not amused, but is that actionable by the court?

Should Powell be found guilty, I imagine the judge will look to actions like this and lean more toward the upper end of the sentencing guidelines than the lower end of them. Until then though, I wonder if the judge will just modify the order to state a mask which meets CDC guidelines for coronavirus but otherwise stew in anger.

[Stallion]

13. Contempt of Court is a separate, independent criminal action

I should have added that above. So this hearing will be about the contempt of the Court's order not the underlying crime. But yes conditions of bail can be revoked.You don't fuck with Federal Judge's order

[Colgate 64]

15. Yep. It's not for nothing that lawyers refer to

Federal judges as "800 lb. gorillas"

[Trueblue1968]

17. give her 10 years !!!!!

[Cha]

3. Ooops.. Busted again.. going for 3

strikes, DT.. Domestic Terrorist?

[SheltieLover]

5. Imo, she never should have been allowed bail!

[crickets]

12. +1

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. Hey Judge - take no BullShit from BullHorn lady.

[Marie Marie]

7. Look at her - isn't she clever? And so damned proud of her stupid self.

[summer_in_TX]

9. Is this the lady who pleaded to not wait in jail because of her kids?

If so, she continues to show her unfitness to be a parent.

[intheflow]

10. Why isn't she in jail NOW?

Why is she given the opportunity to write a recommendation letter for herself? Is she rich? Does she have powerful connections? This is pretty messed up.

[Skittles]

11. stupid, stupid woman

mocking the court and its rules is NEVER a good idea when you are in their scope

[lark]

14. Lock her the fuck up. WTF is the judge coddling her, she should have been jailed immediately.

Let her be where Covid often flourishes and see is she's so proud when she ends up sick.

[BootinUp]

16. her brain matter resembles that mesh mask

[bullwinkle428]

18. She saw what Roger Stone got away with, practically waving his "wand" at the judge,

and the POS eventually ended up getting pardoned.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

19. Doing her part

She’s very proud to be doing her part to help spread sickness and death in the middle of a pandemic.

I cannot understand the mindset, is this a form of insanity?

[gopiscrap]

20. welcome to DU

[Retired Engineer Bob]

21. Thanks for the welcome