John Sullivan, a charged Capitol riot police officer – an anti-trump activist who allegedly infiltrated the rally off-road – has a history of violence in the protests and “thrives in chaos,” a federal prosecutor warned in a failed attempt to close it as headquarters The DC case proceeds.
“Chaos continues,” DC-based federal prosecutor Bryan N. Reeves told a Sullivan, Utah home state judge during a Zoom hearing Friday night, in which he was fired. order release for house arrest for prosecution objections.
“The defendant uses messaging apps to arrange meetings and set up riots,” Reeves told the judge.
“He will pose as different members of organizations, even those who have disenfranchised him,” just to agitate people and put them in trouble, Reeves argued about the former Olympic speed skater and his own provocateur.
Sullivan also had plans to return to the Capitol on the opening day, Reeves argued.
This, despite a series of allegations involving no more and no less than three protests.
Sullivan appeared in Utah on Thursday charged with civil unrest, entry into a restricted building and violent entry or disorderly conduct after participating in the violent crowd of President Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.
But he remains accused of inciting a riot in Provo, Utah, during a protest that sparked the execution of a motorist and in which he allegedly threatened violence and committed wrongdoing.
During the riot, Sullivan urged other protesters to “block the public thoroughfare,” Reeves said.
In drafting this case, the prosecutor revealed that Sullivan is additionally accused of “kicking a civilian vehicle while threatening the woman inside,” “hitting her ass and head up,” showing so. ” a reckless disregard for the health and welfare of innocent civilians. “
While he was at Provo for that rally, he was online “inciting other people in Portland, Oregon, to resist the police,” Reeves added.
However, Magistrate Judge Daphne Oberg ordered Sullivan, 26, to remain at large in the DC and Provo cases, but to be detained under strict house arrest.
His use of the Internet and his travels will be monitored, and he is banned from leaving his home, except for court-approved appointments, the judge said.
You should also undergo a mental health assessment. He is due to attend his next court appearance at the Capitol Revolt, which will be held at virtually 1 p.m., Jan. 22.