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Prosecutor Admits DC Police Officers Acted as Provocateurs at US Capitol on Jan. 6
The Epoch Times ^ | March 25, 2023 | Joseph M. Hanneman

Posted on 03/27/2023 7:20:51 AM PDT by Twotone

A federal prosecutor admitted in court papers that three D.C. Metropolitan Police Department undercover officers acted as provocateurs at the northwest steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The admission came in a March 24 filing before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras that seeks to keep video footage shot by the officers under court seal.

Prosecutors accused the case defendant—William Pope of Topeka, Kansas—of an “illegitimate” attempt to unmask the video as part of his alleged strategy to try the case in the news media. Pope filed a motion to remove the court seal on Feb. 21.

“The defendant is not entitled to ‘undesignate’ these videos to share them with unlimited third parties,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Moran. “His desire to try his case in the media rather than in a court of law is illegitimate, and the government has met its burden to show the necessity of the protective order.”

Videos long hidden under court seal have become a major topic, especially with prosecutors disclosing in a number of high-profile Jan. 6 cases the involvement of multiple FBI informants.

Pope is seeking to lift the court seal on the undercover video as part of his drive to obtain full access to video evidence held by the government. Pope is representing himself in the criminal case being prosecuted against him. At a hearing on March 3, Judge Contreras seemed sympathetic to Pope’s motion to unmask the videos.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 20210106; agentsprovocateur; capitolriot; contreras; dcmetrocops; dcmetropd; deminsurgency; epochtimes; j6; jan6; jan6footage; jan6truth; kellymoran; pelosiscoup; provocateurs; tuckerrocks; williampope
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1 posted on 03/27/2023 7:20:51 AM PDT by Twotone
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undercover officers acted as provocateurs .................that should cause all cases to be dismissed.......................


2 posted on 03/27/2023 7:22:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Twotone
A federal prosecutor admitted in court papers that three D.C. Metropolitan Police Department undercover officers acted as provocateurs at the northwest steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

My Lord, this should be game, set and match.

3 posted on 03/27/2023 7:22:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Entrapment.


4 posted on 03/27/2023 7:24:00 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Twotone

Which is called entrapment.


5 posted on 03/27/2023 7:24:47 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Apparently video showing police behaving badly is cause to have the video suppressed—just because.

The lawsuit by police/sheriff deputies against the rapper who dared show them disconnecting his security cameras during a raid on his home, claiming it ‘invaded their privacy’ and held them up for ridicule comes to mind.


6 posted on 03/27/2023 7:27:59 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Twotone

White blood cells are suppose to go after infections. When white blood cells go after it’s own host’s body it’s called autoimmune disease, similar to the way someone with a personality disorder is at war with themself. Our tolerance of marxism gave America AIDS. The patient refused to “drain” the infection and chose to live with the illness.


7 posted on 03/27/2023 7:37:37 AM PDT by conservativeimage (Join Your State Assembly - states.americanstatenationals.org - Bring Back Constitutional Law & Order)
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three D.C. Metropolitan Police Department undercover officers acted as provocateurs

BS! These were not "DC Metropolitican Police." DC beat cops do and their bosses are like any other city police. They are not making national political decisions and schemes to embarrass Trump. Even their ultimate boss, the DC Mayor, would not do such, certainly not on her own.

Instigation was going going on, but they were not "DC Cops."

8 posted on 03/27/2023 7:39:10 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Twotone

Provocation is permission.


9 posted on 03/27/2023 7:46:08 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: Twotone
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,

Exculpatory evidence is allowed to be presented to the jury publicly - having secret trials doesn't really cut it. This really isn't that hard

10 posted on 03/27/2023 7:47:55 AM PDT by ALPAPilot
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Does this mean that the guards in the DC jails could be dragged into it as ‘players’ in the ‘insurrection’? Maybe if we push this point we can get better treatment for the J6 Patriots.


11 posted on 03/27/2023 7:48:26 AM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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This is much worse than entrapment. Entrapment is where you temp someone to do something illegal.

By egging them to enter the Capitol , the police literally gave these defendants permission to enter the capitol, which made their entrance legal.


12 posted on 03/27/2023 7:51:29 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: Twotone

If only the Republicans were in charge of the House, the public could gain access to those recordings.


13 posted on 03/27/2023 7:55:03 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Twotone

Lawsuits in the tens of millions. Come get your bag.


14 posted on 03/27/2023 8:02:35 AM PDT by Salvavida ( )
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To: conservativeimage

GREAT ANALOGY !


15 posted on 03/27/2023 8:35:42 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ALPAPilot

Even Mona Lisa Vito of My Cousin Vinny new about disclosure. And she was an automotive expert not a lawyer. But I guess that whole due process thing has gone out of fashion.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uaoymfY9Kw0


16 posted on 03/27/2023 8:46:37 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: hanamizu

Lemon Poundcake!


17 posted on 03/27/2023 8:47:41 AM PDT by BOBWADE (WWG1WGA)
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To: Twotone

Liberal thugs in ‘intelligent’ and the capitol police department felt it was OK to encourage violence because they hate half the American people - the half that self identifies as ‘conservative’.

If undercover thugs/intelligence had done the same at a gay pride event - encouraged violence - and were ‘outed’ I’m sure the press bimbos and pretentious ‘men’ of the New York Times and Washington Post would have ignored the story for over two years too.


18 posted on 03/27/2023 8:49:43 AM PDT by GOPJ (When Morning Joe's sycophants say "My Democracy" it sounds like Gollum saying "my precious")
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To: Twotone

J6 Reichstag Fire - bump for later....


19 posted on 03/27/2023 9:04:34 AM PDT by indthkr
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acted as provocateurs
BS!
These were not “DC Metropolitican Police.”

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Really ?
Who were they , imposters ?

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They are not making national political decisions

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No one said they made the decisions, nice spin pivot though.

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Instigation was going going on,

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Thought you just claimed there wasn’t.

“””acted as provocateurs BS! “”””

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but they were not “DC Cops.”
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So tell me ,
these provocuters/not provocuters

Who were they ?

Trump supporters dressed in D.C. cop gear ?

gone in noticed by the real D.C.force ?

Pretty weak sauce you got there.

Lame, pathetic even.


20 posted on 03/27/2023 9:09:02 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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