Proud Boys leader seeks transfer of trial after Jan. 6 committee builds case he instigated riot

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Joseph Biggs, a member of the Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy for his role in the breach of the Capitol last year, is urging a federal judge to relocate his trial to South Florida after becoming a main character in the first hearing of the Jan. 6 select committee.

In a seven-page filing late Tuesday, Biggs contended that “media-attentive” Washingtonians will accept the select committee’s presentation about Biggs, which cast him as a central figure in igniting the breach. The panel took testimony from Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who was injured in the initial breach of police lines and recalled seeing Biggs lead a crowd to her position and huddle with rioter Ryan Samsel, who was among the first to charge the barricades.

In the filing, Biggs’ attorney John Hull derided Edwards’ testimony as “canned, cagey and morally superior” and accused her of making up details about what she witnessed.

“Apart from risk of prejudice that comes with Joseph Biggs’ name being mentioned four times in rapid succession up front on opening night of the House Select Committee’s hearings, Biggs and his counsel respectfully submit that the above testimony alone by Officer Edwards in its totality is more than enough to justify a transfer of venue to Miami, Florida, as defendant [Enrique] Tarrio has urged,” Hull writes.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/15/proud-boys-leader-transfer-trial-jan-6-committee-instigated-riot-00039755

[Thomas Hurt]

1. So is this attorney saying people in FL are more ignorant than in other States and are somehow...

less likely to have seen the hearings than other Americans?

[Raster]

2. No, I think they are banking on the inroads the Proud Boys have made in South Florida.

Enrique Tarrio the supposedly "leader" is from South Florida. He and the Proud Boys have been getting appointed to every open school board and ELECTION board they can.

Simply put, they believe the jury pool will be more sympathetic.

Seriously, I urge you to google Proud Boys and Florida

Plus, Tarrio and his family are big tRumpers, and very influential in the Cuban community.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Thanks, now that I read your comment I remembered whatshisface was from south FL.

Go for the jury nullification.

[Traildogbob]

7. Bingo!!!

Nailed it. The prosecution needs to have the same argument that the trial could never be in a state with government and courts thick with these traitorous terrorists. Have the trial in GITMO. Ship 12 approved jurors from 12 purple states. No case of any kind should ever be held in Florida or Texas. Mat as well have it at a Family reunion of the defendant. Florida lost its right to do so in 2000. Cess pool of crime and corruption. Why the hell do we think trump moved there.

[blueknight73]

3. Well,

The attorney is probably right, except it isn't ignorance he's looking for, it's favoritism. The proud boys have a big footprint in South Florida. I live there and I hear it

[PatSeg]

5. "canned, cagey and morally superior"

Seriously? Where do they get these attorneys?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Joseph Biggs "huddled with rioter": getting others to do his dirty work. . . . nt