Posted on 05/23/2021 11:14:56 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
The U.S. has seized thousands of dollars in media proceeds from accused rioter John Earle Sullivan, who sold the rights to his Jan. 6 narrated video inside the Capitol to NBC News, CNN and four other outlets.
The seizure was disclosed in a court filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by a prosecutor opposing Mr. Sullivan’s motion to release the money.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Candice C. Wong said that Mr. Sullivan received $90,875 for rights to his widely posted self-narrated video.
It included the stark scene of Ashli Babbitt being fatally shot by an unidentified Capitol Police officer as protesters tried to smash their way into the House Speaker’s Lobby. Of that sum, the government has seized $62,813, the court filing said. The seizure was authorized by two sealed warrants signed in April by a judge magistrate.
Mr. Sullivan, a Utah resident active on social media under the name “Jayden X” as a Black Lives Matter supporter and leader of Insurgence USA, bragged afterward that filming the Babbitt killing would earn him “millions of dollars” in video rights.
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The #ComDem's have made NO EFFORT, to identify BLM and Antifa involved. This is intended to not show photo's of his Leftist pals and to pressure Sullivan's silence.
That would be Comcast and ATT.
Just imagine if they did the same to Soros and any number of leftist puppet masters. How soon before ANTIFA and BLM are a crappy memory?
Bet you his bond gets revoked.
Gotta keep him quiet at any cost.
Crazy eyes...
The quotes the prosecution used to justify confiscating the money are him talking to another left wing “insurgent”.
And while Mr. BLM is indeed a PoS, I still object to the 4th amendment violation in confiscating someone’s money absent a due process conviction.
>> Mr. Sullivan, 26, is the lone left-wing activist
I thought that a FReeper mentioned a dude named ?Berrani? was arrested — a person that I suspect to be an actor, and the one who signaled for Ashli to enter the side window frame — activity compiled and editorialized in one of the publicly released videos.
Agreed.
Agree! This government is out of control, especially with political bias and uneven legal actions depending on party
Crazy eyes...
Yes indeed.
Isn’t amazing that most articles on Crazy Eyes failed to show a picture of him, his crazy eyes and being a POC!
Not good.
Not good at all.
There is a legal process for taking private property.
Imho, the DoJ and FBI (and other alphabet soup), are OOC. Out of control.
Not good, not good at all.
5.56mm
Yes. one of many of them from Seattle. He is not alone in the group.
Agree.
Correct.
They have a reason for doing this to him. They do not intend to eliminate BLM or Antifa in the stable.
He shoulda gone with bitcoin.
Agree. Civil asset forfeiture is a blatant due process violation of 5th amendment destroying presumption of innocence and confiscation of property without due process.
This is how the criminal federal government can deprive defendants of a legal defense. No one can compete in court against a corrupt government that is intent on beating a defendant.
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