In the ongoing saga of the Adventures of Brandon Fellows, he appeared Monday morning for a revocation hearing in the DC Circuit courtroom of Judge McFadden for violation of probation. When I entered a few minutes after proceedings got cracking, the government, in the form of a humorless prosecutor, was hard at it, trying to convince the magistrate to throw Brandon back in the gulag, or at least bind his ankle with a monitor.
For the first time in a couple years, Brandon was allowing an attorney to represent him in the courtroom. Hearing by hearing he will allow Ms. Peterson to counsel.
“So, the Capitol-Fauci event predated his order to stay out of DC?” queried McFadden.
The prosecutor conceded.
And then proceeded to explain that Mr. Fellows posted a video on social media on June 5 of himself in front of the Capitol (from where he is now banished) that he claims was created before that date. The prosecutor explained that the defendant shared texts with them as proof of when said video was produced, but the government really needed to get into his phone. They needed the META DATA to verify.
They really, really need that META DATA, Your Honor.
His Honor asked the prosecutor if he only THOUGHT Mr. Fellows MIGHT have broken the terms of his probation, but had no evidence to prove the accusation.
The prosecutor conceded.
And then brought up the fact that Brandon was found guilty of the 1752 charge of being disruptive.
“Your Honor, he’s determined to go places he’s not supposed to go and do things he isn’t supposed to do,” he pleaded.
“It’s like a drug dealer who can’t help but frequent the corner where he used to deal.
“He exercises poor judgement. It has to do with his psyche, I guess.
The video speaks for itself. It’s self-evident.”
The prosecutor spent about 5, long minutes attempting to get the allegedly incriminating video to play for the judge. He was just about to give up when it began to play.
“Man, oh, man I just have this urge to go in. I just wanna go in.” Brandon tells his viewers as he stands in front of the The People’s House. The video was 16 terrifying seconds of drollery.
Check out Brandon's offending post.
“I think this video speaks volumes about his attitude,” Mr. Prosecutor Guy lamented to His Honor.
Judge McFadden was, surprisingly, non plussed.
Brandon approached the bench with his counsel who explained that he “understands his conditions now.”
After some harmless back-and-forth, the judge proclaims that “there are no actual violations. There is no basis to modify his restrictions.”
He then speaks directly to Brandon.
“These people,” motioning to the prosecutor and probation officer, “are not out to get you.
“You are not to enter the Capitol grounds without permission from your P.O.
“Come back in a month for a status hearing. I will strongly consider the use of a monitor if you violate restrictions.
You need to avoid getting near anything that could get you in trouble.”
I wonder if that includes people. <VBG>
The Case of the Mischievous Meta Data