A Jan. 6 defendant is expected to testify before the House panel today

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If you’re going to have a Jan. 6 defendant testify, you want one who has pleaded guilty but hasn’t yet been sentenced. They can talk about what they did (relatively) freely, but they aren’t going to go off-script so to speak because the judge is going to hear what they say.

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A Capitol attack defendant who pleaded guilty last month — but who has not yet been sentenced — is set to testify before the Jan. 6 committee tomorrow.

Story with @kwelkernbc and @alivitali:

https://nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-defendant-expected-testify-panel-posted-trumps-will-wild-tweet-rcna37726…
5:47 AM · Jul 12, 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-defendant-expected-testify-panel-posted-trumps-will-wild-tweet-rcna37726

WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who posted the former president’s tweet encouraging supporters to go to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, before he stormed the U.S. Capitol is expected to testify Tuesday before the committee investigating the insurrection, a source familiar with the matter said.

Stephen Ayres of Ohio pleaded guilty last month to disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 13.

Ayres’ expected testimony was first reported by ABC News.

A lawyer for Ayres did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ayres admitted that on Jan. 2, 2021, he posted an image of a poster stating that Trump was "calling on us to come back to Washington on January 6th for a big protest - 'Be there, will be wild.'"

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