{"id":589723,"date":"2021-07-13T11:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589723"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:06:36","slug":"video-from-capitol-breach-contradicts-public-narrative-must-be-released-lawyer-argues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-from-capitol-breach-contradicts-public-narrative-must-be-released-lawyer-argues\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Video From Capitol Breach \u2018Contradicts Public Narrative,\u2019 Must Be Released, Lawyer Argues\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-from-capitol-breach-contradicts-public-narrative-must-be-released-lawyer-argues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1912.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A lawyer representing a 61-year-old man indicted in relation to the January 6 U.S. Capitol breach has filed a memo requesting that the government release video she argues \u201ccontradicts public narrative\u201d of the breach and adds vital context to her client\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney&nbsp;Marina Medvin, representing John Steven Anderson, is arguing that the video is crucial to her client\u2019s case, as it \u201cexposes the weakness of their case \u2026 and it contradicts the public narrative that the government has put forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hat is why the government \u2026 is fighting tooth and nail to conceal evidence in Mr. Anderson\u2019s case,\u201d the attorney asserted.<\/p>\n<p>In numerous cases of those indicted in the riot, video has been barred from release over apparent national security concerns. U.S. Attorney Robert Juman, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/news\/courts\/2021\/07\/12\/capitol-riot-video-contradicts-feds-says-st-augustine-mans-lawyer\/7921609002\/\">said<\/a> last week&nbsp;that broad requests for video releases \u201cwould allow the public dissemination of many hours of video from security cameras inside the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opposing such rationale, 16 news organizations, dubbed the Press Coalition, have taken legal action to fight for the video release, too.<\/p>\n<p>Medvin\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20987906-capitol-riot-john-anderson-defense-memo-in-support-of-press-coalition-motin-to-intervene070821\">filing<\/a>, in fact, was made in the support of the coalition\u2019s motion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The Press Coalition] want to dispute a government contention that a video clip from a closed-circuit TV camera should be exempt from release under a protective order Medvin previously opposed,\u201d The Florida Times-Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/news\/courts\/2021\/07\/12\/capitol-riot-video-contradicts-feds-says-st-augustine-mans-lawyer\/7921609002\/\">explained<\/a> in a report published Monday. \u201cThe order applies to video the government has labeled \u2018highly sensitive,\u2019 but the news organizations note Medvin has called it \u2018highly exculpatory\u2019 and that still images from the video have already been included in public filings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially when weighed against the public\u2019s interest in viewing evidence that the defendant claims is exculpatory, the government cannot justify maintaining its designation of the video as highly sensitive,\u201d the news coalition argued.<\/p>\n<p>Medvin further argued that \u201cthe government\u2019s broad security concerns simply don\u2019t hold water in this instance when only a narrow piece of evidence is being sought for release\u201d and detailed how the video adds vital context in relation to the charges facing her client, The Florida Times-Union reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>Medvin argued last week that her 61-year-old client, who faces an eight-count indictment that includes charges of&nbsp;theft of government property, civil disorder and assaulting or impeding officers, only approached police after he was sprayed with some chemical that triggered an asthma attack.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe video that the government is seeking to hide in this case shows Mr. Anderson being sprayed by a chemical substance before he approaches the police line to seek medical assistance,\u201d she wrote. \u201c\u2026 This video also puts the government\u2019s other videos of Mr. Anderson into context, explaining why he makes his way to the front of the police line, which is to seek medical assistance from law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unarmed-grandmother-first-to-be-sentenced-in-january-6-capitol-breach-says-shes-reading-about-americas-race-relations\">Unarmed Grandmother First To Be Sentenced In January 6 Capitol Breach, Says She\u2019s Reading About America\u2019s Race&nbsp;Relations<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/botched-more-embarrassing-details-emerge-in-fbis-snag-of-rioter-with-lego-set\">Botched: More Embarrassing Details Emerge In FBI\u2019s Snag Of Rioter With Lego&nbsp;Set<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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