Jan. 6 Defendant Convicted After Judge Denied Request to Delay Trial to Review New Security Footage

After a federal judge had denied her access to newly released security footage, a woman was charged with entering the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021 and engaging in disruptive behavior once inside. She was convicted.

Federal jury convicted Sara Carpenter on Thursday of felony charges of civil disorder, obstruction, and hindering an official proceeding. Additionally, five misdemeanor counts related to disorderly behavior and impeding Congress activities at the Capitol were added. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all seven charges after less than a day of deliberation.

Carpenter plead “not guilty” During her case. Carpenter’s defense filed a motion to defer the trial days before the verdict. This was to allow her team to review Capitol security footage that House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R.Calif.), made available for Fox News and those facing charges related the Jan. 6 events.

Carpenter’s lawyers argued McCarthy had more than 40,000 hours worth of surveillance footage available to defendants. “is far more than what was previously disclosed by the government and known to exist.” Her lawyers claimed that the government had provided some footage but not all. “there remain temporal gaps in the footage thus far provided between the moments Ms. Carpenter is shown entering and exiting the Capitol.”

Carpenter’s motion to defer the trial was denied by James Boasberg (U.S. District Court Judge). Boasberg was appointed by former President Barack Obama and ruled that Carpenter’s defense team had failed to prove that previously unreleased footage would support her innocence claims.

Prosecutors claimed that Carpenter confronted officers at the Capitol shaking a tambourine, screaming and while shaking her hand. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that Carpenter had screamed and shaken a tambourine at officers. “pushed up against the officers who were guarding a hallway to the Senate chamber, and slapped the arms of law enforcement officers trying to hold her back from further intruding into the Capitol.”

Carpenter was also accused of remaining in the Capitol for 34 mins after being instructed to leave. The original prosecution statement of facts (PDFCarpenter, who volunteered information regarding her activities in the Capitol to investigators, told investigators she was pepper sprayed as she was walking out of the building.

The DOJ stated that Carpenter had left the building when she spoke. “the breach was made; it needs to calm down now” He urged Congress for certification of Donald Trump’s 2020 election results.

NTD News reached Carpenter’s attorneys to obtain comment about the verdict. Before this article was published, they did not respond.

Other Jan. 6 Defendants Demand Trial Delays

Carpenter is one of many defendants who applied for trial delays on Jan. 6, after new security footage was made available. Carpenter was among the first defendants to be denied a delay, and convicted as a result of McCarthy’s efforts in providing evidence to defendants.

Certain defendants have made security footage an essential part of their case. One defendant, Victoria C. White, rejected a Plea bargain After footage showing her being struck around was released by the DOJ, she was taken to the DOJ. Police officers have been asked to repeat this 40 times The officer was batoned in his head, punched around his head and face, grabbed at the hair, then spun around violently before being tossed back and forth among officers.

“Things are changing,” White spoke to Epoch Times last month. White said that she regretted declining the plea offer and was now reflecting on it. “I honestly never wanted to take it in the first place.”

White was charged with taking out an officer to push her back using his riot shield, and then fending her off with a baton. Joseph McBride White’s lawyer argued that White was only trying to grab officers to get her feet back in the chaos. Stan Kephart, an expert in the use of force, told Epoch Times that White was reaching out for officers. “clearly [from] a defense position, not an attack position.”

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’s host, shared footage Monday, March 6 of Jacob Chansley, a Jan. 6 defendant. The footage appeared to show Chansley being led around by officers. Carlson described the officers’ actions as “like”. “tour guides” Chansley eventually pleaded guilty to a charge of “obstruction of an official proceeding” And was sentenced for more than three years in prison.

After watching the footage shared with Carlson, Chansley’s former attorney Albert Watkins was moved to tears. Telled Fox News reported that Watkins had not been able review the same footage before his client signed the plea agreement. Watkins stated that he requested evidence to support his client’s innocence. However, prosecutors said Watkins had already provided the footage. “an absolute duty” To provide such evidence.

From NTD News