Prosecutors pursuing the massive investigation into the Capitol riot suffered a setback Friday as a federal appeals court ruled that two defendants currently in pretrial detention may be entitled to release.
The ruling from the D.C. Circuit — its first in the sprawling set of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol — had been eagerly awaited by prosecutors and defense lawyers as a signal of how the appeals court plans to grapple with those events.
The appeals court held that a mother and son charged in the riot, Lisa Eisenhart and Eric Munchel, may not need to be jailed in advance of their trial because any danger they posed during the assault on the Capitol was unique to the Electoral College certification that took place that day and has diminished since.
Wilkins and Judith Rogers — the two Democratic appointees on the three-judge panel — stopped short of ordering the release of Munchel and Eisenhart, but the appeals judges made clear they believed that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell had exaggerated the pair’s ongoing danger......snip~
Capitol riot defendants notch win at appeals court (msn.com)
A Loss for the Deviates in their make believe Coup Attempt.