A magistrate judge handling Capitol riot cases asks: “Who watches the watchmen?”
This complaint supporting the arrest warrant for Owen Shroyer is photographed in Frederick, Md., Aug. 20, 2021. | AP Photo/Jon ElswickA federal magistrate judge is challenging the Justice Department’s refusal to detail how it dealt with First Amendment and free press concerns before seeking to bring Capitol-riot-related criminal charges against Owen Shroyer, a Texas man who hosts a TV program on the right-wing, conspiracy-oriented Infowars website.
filed Tuesday. "As to the question of whether and how the Department of Justice complied with its policies, the court received an unsatisfactory answer."to the judge Monday, prosecutors respectfully told Faruqui that their compliance with the Justice Department’s internal policies is none of his business.
Faruqui also noted that prosecutors had confirmed their compliance with the DOJ media policy to the court in past cases. Last December, the government affirmed that its decision to seek the email records of three Washington Post reporters in connection with a leak investigation complied with the Justice Department regulations.declined to sign a criminal complaint
An FBI agent said in a court filing that Shroyer led the crowd in chants of “1776!” and exhorted those on hand to reject the results of last year’s presidential election. The host of "The War Room with Owen Shroyer" appeared in federal court in Austin, Texas, on Monday and was released on his own recognizance. He’s scheduled to appear via video at an initial hearing in his case in Washington on Thursday.
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