A Jan. 6 defendant has moved for the U.S. government to release Capitol Hill footage that purportedly reveals police brutality and the activities of four suspected undercover agent provocateurs.
Ryan Nichols, a 30-year-old Texas man who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, said in a Dec. 1 motion that footage deemed sensitive by the Department of Justice contains exonerating evidence for him and other Jan. 6 defendants.
Investigative reports and congressional hearings have claimed that undercover law enforcement agents may have participated in the Jan. 6 riots, but the Dec. 1 filing marks the first time such allegations have been made in court records against specific people, according to Nichols's attorney, Joseph McBride.
According to Nichols and McBride, unreleased Jan. 6 footage shows the activities of four suspected government agents: unidentified men whom McBride nicknamed "RedFace45," "GogglesMan," "PippiLongScarf," and "BirdMan."
According to the prosecution, Nichols is attempting to defend his Jan. 6 conduct by "Casting himself as a hero who was merely fighting back against officers who were 'terrorizing' civilians."
In a separate case involving Jan. 6 defendant Ethan Nordean, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly rejected that argument in an Oct. 11 order and made some footage of the West Terrace public.
Kelly's decision followed a similar decision on Sept. 21, when District Judge Beryl Howell ordered Jan. 6 footage to be made public in the case of defendant Eric Torrens.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/jan-6-defendant-fingers-four-possible-undercover-agents_4135066.html
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