Kyle Fitzsimons, 38, of Lebanon, faces 11 charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted riot, including two counts of battery on an officer and one count of attempted assault on a police officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. . The FBI released this photo of Kyle Fitzsimons during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in court documents. The image was taken from a security camera at the Capitol. Federal court documents Fitzsimons waived his right to a jury trial and his case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. In recent days, in a Washington courtroom, Contreras also heard testimony from federal investigators who placed Fitzsimons on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, congressional officials who described threatening voicemails they received from him and a woman in his Maine community. described Fitzsimons as “intense” and “passive-aggressive”. Prosecutors and Fitzsimmons’ court-appointed attorney, Natasha Taylor-Smith, will deliver closing arguments Friday. Taylor-Smith said this week that Fitzsimons was in D.C. after reports of voter fraud “primarily” from news sources and members of Congress he understood planned to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 general election. “He was still being told by the same dominant individuals, and by the chief executive of this nation, that there was a plan,” Taylor-Smith said during her opening statement on Tuesday. “This plan did not include the military. It did not involve violence or weapons of any kind. All that had to happen was for the state legislatures to come together on January 6th and oppose certification.” Federal prosecutors accuse Fitzsimons of assaulting Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police and Detective Phuson Nguyen and Officer Sarah Beaver of the Metropolitan Police Department – as well as several other officers in a row that Fitzsimons charged with his fists shaking. Nguyen told the court Tuesday that Fitzsimons took off his gas mask while another protester aimed bear spray at his face. He said Fitzsimons then dropped the mask, trapping his sprayed, burning face behind it as he suffocated. “In my mind, I thought this was it for me,” he said Tuesday. Beaver, who testified Wednesday, said she had already thrown up and been hit by a can of bear spray while defending the Capitol when she was hit in the helmet by a weak bow. He didn’t see who threw it, but prosecutors showed video and photos of Fitzsimons that they say make it clear it was his doing. “There were officers who gagged, there were officers who laid down, there were officers who were trying to help other officers…” Beaver testified. “They were throwing all kinds of stuff at us.” Gonell testified Wednesday that Fitzsimons pulled his shoulder so hard that he needed surgery for torn tissue, calling it “definitely one of the worst pains I’ve ever felt in my life.” In cross-examining the officers, Taylor-Smith asked them to review still images from surveillance and body camera video and said it was not always clear that Fitzsimons was the agitator. With Gonell in particular, Taylor-Smith tried twice to limit or limit his testimony, saying it was not credible. She accused him of making contradictory statements to news outlets and investigators. Before resuming cross-examination of Gonell Thursday morning, he asked Contreras to sanction him, saying he thought he saw him violate court rules by talking about his testimony with a reporter. “I can’t imagine – but I could be wrong – that the conversation was about anything other than the January 6 trial,” Taylor-Smith said. Prosecutors said Thursday morning that they had reviewed a social media video of the encounter and that Gonell had not been interviewed about his testimony. In fact, they said, he was harassed by a passerby as he left the courthouse and made a comment about it to a video journalist who had his camera on a trip outside. Gonell later denied Taylor-Smith’s accounts in a statement to Contreras. Before Fitzsimons’ trial, Taylor-Smith wrote in court records that Gonell has contradicted himself in public statements. He tried to subpoena an unedited version of an interview with CNN that the network refused to provide. The judge denied the request. On cross-examination of Gonell, Taylor-Smith asked the officer to review various still images from body camera footage and surveillance footage, arguing that Fitzsimons was not the only protester who grabbed Gonell and his shield. But Gonell told Taylor-Smith he was only showing him selected moments from the video. He insisted it was Fitzsimons who injured him. “I know because I lived through it,” Gonell said. “You don’t select the whole clip.” Invalid username/password. Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration. Use the form below to reset your password. When you submit your account email, we’ll send an email with a reset code.
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title: “Prosecutors Continue Their Case Against Maine Man Accused Of Breaking Into Us Capitol Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Thelma Baker”
Kyle Fitzsimons, 38, of Lebanon, faces 11 charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted riot, including two counts of battery on an officer and one count of attempted assault on a police officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. . The FBI released this photo of Kyle Fitzsimons during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in court documents. The image was taken from a security camera at the Capitol. Federal court documents Fitzsimons waived his right to a jury trial and his case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. In recent days, in a Washington courtroom, Contreras also heard testimony from federal investigators who placed Fitzsimons on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, congressional officials who described threatening voicemails they received from him and a woman in his Maine community. described Fitzsimons as “intense” and “passive-aggressive”. Prosecutors and Fitzsimmons’ court-appointed attorney, Natasha Taylor-Smith, will deliver closing arguments Friday. Taylor-Smith said this week that Fitzsimons was in D.C. after reports of voter fraud “primarily” from news sources and members of Congress he understood planned to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 general election. “He was still being told by the same dominant individuals, and by the chief executive of this nation, that there was a plan,” Taylor-Smith said during her opening statement on Tuesday. “This plan did not include the military. It did not involve violence or weapons of any kind. All that had to happen was for the state legislatures to come together on January 6th and oppose certification.” Federal prosecutors accuse Fitzsimons of assaulting Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police and Detective Phuson Nguyen and Officer Sarah Beaver of the Metropolitan Police Department – as well as several other officers in a row that Fitzsimons charged with his fists shaking. Nguyen told the court Tuesday that Fitzsimons took off his gas mask while another protester aimed bear spray at his face. He said Fitzsimons then dropped the mask, trapping his sprayed, burning face behind it as he suffocated. “In my mind, I thought this was it for me,” he said Tuesday. Beaver, who testified Wednesday, said she had already thrown up and been hit by a can of bear spray while defending the Capitol when she was hit in the helmet by a weak bow. He didn’t see who threw it, but prosecutors showed video and photos of Fitzsimons that they say make it clear it was his doing. “There were officers who gagged, there were officers who laid down, there were officers who were trying to help other officers…” Beaver testified. “They were throwing all kinds of stuff at us.” Gonell testified Wednesday that Fitzsimons pulled his shoulder so hard that he needed surgery for torn tissue, calling it “definitely one of the worst pains I’ve ever felt in my life.” In cross-examining the officers, Taylor-Smith asked them to review still images from surveillance and body camera video and said it was not always clear that Fitzsimons was the agitator. With Gonell in particular, Taylor-Smith tried twice to limit or limit his testimony, saying it was not credible. She accused him of making contradictory statements to news outlets and investigators. Before resuming cross-examination of Gonell Thursday morning, he asked Contreras to sanction him, saying he thought he saw him violate court rules by talking about his testimony with a reporter. “I can’t imagine – but I could be wrong – that the conversation was about anything other than the January 6 trial,” Taylor-Smith said. Prosecutors said Thursday morning that they had reviewed a social media video of the encounter and that Gonell had not been interviewed about his testimony. In fact, they said, he was harassed by a passerby as he left the courthouse and made a comment about it to a video journalist who had his camera on a trip outside. Gonell later denied Taylor-Smith’s accounts in a statement to Contreras. Before Fitzsimons’ trial, Taylor-Smith wrote in court records that Gonell has contradicted himself in public statements. He tried to subpoena an unedited version of an interview with CNN that the network refused to provide. The judge denied the request. On cross-examination of Gonell, Taylor-Smith asked the officer to review various still images from body camera footage and surveillance footage, arguing that Fitzsimons was not the only protester who grabbed Gonell and his shield. But Gonell told Taylor-Smith he was only showing him selected moments from the video. He insisted it was Fitzsimons who injured him. “I know because I lived through it,” Gonell said. “You don’t select the whole clip.” Invalid username/password. Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration. Use the form below to reset your password. When you submit your account email, we’ll send an email with a reset code.
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title: “Prosecutors Continue Their Case Against Maine Man Accused Of Breaking Into Us Capitol Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-08” author: “Angel Ransome”
Kyle Fitzsimons, 38, of Lebanon, faces 11 charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted riot, including two counts of battery on an officer and one count of attempted assault on a police officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. . The FBI released this photo of Kyle Fitzsimons during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in court documents. The image was taken from a security camera at the Capitol. Federal court documents Fitzsimons waived his right to a jury trial and his case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. In recent days, in a Washington courtroom, Contreras also heard testimony from federal investigators who placed Fitzsimons on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, congressional officials who described threatening voicemails they received from him and a woman in his Maine community. described Fitzsimons as “intense” and “passive-aggressive”. Prosecutors and Fitzsimmons’ court-appointed attorney, Natasha Taylor-Smith, will deliver closing arguments Friday. Taylor-Smith said this week that Fitzsimons was in D.C. after reports of voter fraud “primarily” from news sources and members of Congress he understood planned to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 general election. “He was still being told by the same dominant individuals, and by the chief executive of this nation, that there was a plan,” Taylor-Smith said during her opening statement on Tuesday. “This plan did not include the military. It did not involve violence or weapons of any kind. All that had to happen was for the state legislatures to come together on January 6th and oppose certification.” Federal prosecutors accuse Fitzsimons of assaulting Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police and Detective Phuson Nguyen and Officer Sarah Beaver of the Metropolitan Police Department – as well as several other officers in a row that Fitzsimons charged with his fists shaking. Nguyen told the court Tuesday that Fitzsimons took off his gas mask while another protester aimed bear spray at his face. He said Fitzsimons then dropped the mask, trapping his sprayed, burning face behind it as he suffocated. “In my mind, I thought this was it for me,” he said Tuesday. Beaver, who testified Wednesday, said she had already thrown up and been hit by a can of bear spray while defending the Capitol when she was hit in the helmet by a weak bow. He didn’t see who threw it, but prosecutors showed video and photos of Fitzsimons that they say make it clear it was his doing. “There were officers who gagged, there were officers who laid down, there were officers who were trying to help other officers…” Beaver testified. “They were throwing all kinds of stuff at us.” Gonell testified Wednesday that Fitzsimons pulled his shoulder so hard that he needed surgery for torn tissue, calling it “definitely one of the worst pains I’ve ever felt in my life.” In cross-examining the officers, Taylor-Smith asked them to review still images from surveillance and body camera video and said it was not always clear that Fitzsimons was the agitator. With Gonell in particular, Taylor-Smith tried twice to limit or limit his testimony, saying it was not credible. She accused him of making contradictory statements to news outlets and investigators. Before resuming cross-examination of Gonell Thursday morning, he asked Contreras to sanction him, saying he thought he saw him violate court rules by talking about his testimony with a reporter. “I can’t imagine – but I could be wrong – that the conversation was about anything other than the January 6 trial,” Taylor-Smith said. Prosecutors said Thursday morning that they had reviewed a social media video of the encounter and that Gonell had not been interviewed about his testimony. In fact, they said, he was harassed by a passerby as he left the courthouse and made a comment about it to a video journalist who had his camera on a trip outside. Gonell later denied Taylor-Smith’s accounts in a statement to Contreras. Before Fitzsimons’ trial, Taylor-Smith wrote in court records that Gonell has contradicted himself in public statements. He tried to subpoena an unedited version of an interview with CNN that the network refused to provide. The judge denied the request. On cross-examination of Gonell, Taylor-Smith asked the officer to review various still images from body camera footage and surveillance footage, arguing that Fitzsimons was not the only protester who grabbed Gonell and his shield. But Gonell told Taylor-Smith he was only showing him selected moments from the video. He insisted it was Fitzsimons who injured him. “I know because I lived through it,” Gonell said. “You don’t select the whole clip.” Invalid username/password. Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration. Use the form below to reset your password. When you submit your account email, we’ll send an email with a reset code.
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title: “Prosecutors Continue Their Case Against Maine Man Accused Of Breaking Into Us Capitol Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-27” author: “Julio Hall”
Kyle Fitzsimons, 38, of Lebanon, faces 11 charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted riot, including two counts of battery on an officer and one count of attempted assault on a police officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. . The FBI released this photo of Kyle Fitzsimons during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in court documents. The image was taken from a security camera at the Capitol. Federal court documents Fitzsimons waived his right to a jury trial and his case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. In recent days, in a Washington courtroom, Contreras also heard testimony from federal investigators who placed Fitzsimons on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, congressional officials who described threatening voicemails they received from him and a woman in his Maine community. described Fitzsimons as “intense” and “passive-aggressive”. Prosecutors and Fitzsimmons’ court-appointed attorney, Natasha Taylor-Smith, will deliver closing arguments Friday. Taylor-Smith said this week that Fitzsimons was in D.C. after reports of voter fraud “primarily” from news sources and members of Congress he understood planned to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 general election. “He was still being told by the same dominant individuals, and by the chief executive of this nation, that there was a plan,” Taylor-Smith said during her opening statement on Tuesday. “This plan did not include the military. It did not involve violence or weapons of any kind. All that had to happen was for the state legislatures to come together on January 6th and oppose certification.” Federal prosecutors accuse Fitzsimons of assaulting Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police and Detective Phuson Nguyen and Officer Sarah Beaver of the Metropolitan Police Department – as well as several other officers in a row that Fitzsimons charged with his fists shaking. Nguyen told the court Tuesday that Fitzsimons took off his gas mask while another protester aimed bear spray at his face. He said Fitzsimons then dropped the mask, trapping his sprayed, burning face behind it as he suffocated. “In my mind, I thought this was it for me,” he said Tuesday. Beaver, who testified Wednesday, said she had already thrown up and been hit by a can of bear spray while defending the Capitol when she was hit in the helmet by a weak bow. He didn’t see who threw it, but prosecutors showed video and photos of Fitzsimons that they say make it clear it was his doing. “There were officers who gagged, there were officers who laid down, there were officers who were trying to help other officers…” Beaver testified. “They were throwing all kinds of stuff at us.” Gonell testified Wednesday that Fitzsimons pulled his shoulder so hard that he needed surgery for torn tissue, calling it “definitely one of the worst pains I’ve ever felt in my life.” In cross-examining the officers, Taylor-Smith asked them to review still images from surveillance and body camera video and said it was not always clear that Fitzsimons was the agitator. With Gonell in particular, Taylor-Smith tried twice to limit or limit his testimony, saying it was not credible. She accused him of making contradictory statements to news outlets and investigators. Before resuming cross-examination of Gonell Thursday morning, he asked Contreras to sanction him, saying he thought he saw him violate court rules by talking about his testimony with a reporter. “I can’t imagine – but I could be wrong – that the conversation was about anything other than the January 6 trial,” Taylor-Smith said. Prosecutors said Thursday morning that they had reviewed a social media video of the encounter and that Gonell had not been interviewed about his testimony. In fact, they said, he was harassed by a passerby as he left the courthouse and made a comment about it to a video journalist who had his camera on a trip outside. Gonell later denied Taylor-Smith’s accounts in a statement to Contreras. Before Fitzsimons’ trial, Taylor-Smith wrote in court records that Gonell has contradicted himself in public statements. He tried to subpoena an unedited version of an interview with CNN that the network refused to provide. The judge denied the request. On cross-examination of Gonell, Taylor-Smith asked the officer to review various still images from body camera footage and surveillance footage, arguing that Fitzsimons was not the only protester who grabbed Gonell and his shield. But Gonell told Taylor-Smith he was only showing him selected moments from the video. He insisted it was Fitzsimons who injured him. “I know because I lived through it,” Gonell said. “You don’t select the whole clip.” Invalid username/password. Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration. Use the form below to reset your password. When you submit your account email, we’ll send an email with a reset code.
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title: “Prosecutors Continue Their Case Against Maine Man Accused Of Breaking Into Us Capitol Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Luke Grady”
Kyle Fitzsimons, 38, of Lebanon, faces 11 charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attempted riot, including two counts of battery on an officer and one count of attempted assault on a police officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. . The FBI released this photo of Kyle Fitzsimons during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in court documents. The image was taken from a security camera at the Capitol. Federal court documents Fitzsimons waived his right to a jury trial and his case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. In recent days, in a Washington courtroom, Contreras also heard testimony from federal investigators who placed Fitzsimons on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, congressional officials who described threatening voicemails they received from him and a woman in his Maine community. described Fitzsimons as “intense” and “passive-aggressive”. Prosecutors and Fitzsimmons’ court-appointed attorney, Natasha Taylor-Smith, will deliver closing arguments Friday. Taylor-Smith said this week that Fitzsimons was in D.C. after reports of voter fraud “primarily” from news sources and members of Congress he understood planned to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 general election. “He was still being told by the same dominant individuals, and by the chief executive of this nation, that there was a plan,” Taylor-Smith said during her opening statement on Tuesday. “This plan did not include the military. It did not involve violence or weapons of any kind. All that had to happen was for the state legislatures to come together on January 6th and oppose certification.” Federal prosecutors accuse Fitzsimons of assaulting Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police and Detective Phuson Nguyen and Officer Sarah Beaver of the Metropolitan Police Department – as well as several other officers in a row that Fitzsimons charged with his fists shaking. Nguyen told the court Tuesday that Fitzsimons took off his gas mask while another protester aimed bear spray at his face. He said Fitzsimons then dropped the mask, trapping his sprayed, burning face behind it as he suffocated. “In my mind, I thought this was it for me,” he said Tuesday. Beaver, who testified Wednesday, said she had already thrown up and been hit by a can of bear spray while defending the Capitol when she was hit in the helmet by a weak bow. He didn’t see who threw it, but prosecutors showed video and photos of Fitzsimons that they say make it clear it was his doing. “There were officers who gagged, there were officers who laid down, there were officers who were trying to help other officers…” Beaver testified. “They were throwing all kinds of stuff at us.” Gonell testified Wednesday that Fitzsimons pulled his shoulder so hard that he needed surgery for torn tissue, calling it “definitely one of the worst pains I’ve ever felt in my life.” In cross-examining the officers, Taylor-Smith asked them to review still images from surveillance and body camera video and said it was not always clear that Fitzsimons was the agitator. With Gonell in particular, Taylor-Smith tried twice to limit or limit his testimony, saying it was not credible. She accused him of making contradictory statements to news outlets and investigators. Before resuming cross-examination of Gonell Thursday morning, he asked Contreras to sanction him, saying he thought he saw him violate court rules by talking about his testimony with a reporter. “I can’t imagine – but I could be wrong – that the conversation was about anything other than the January 6 trial,” Taylor-Smith said. Prosecutors said Thursday morning that they had reviewed a social media video of the encounter and that Gonell had not been interviewed about his testimony. In fact, they said, he was harassed by a passerby as he left the courthouse and made a comment about it to a video journalist who had his camera on a trip outside. Gonell later denied Taylor-Smith’s accounts in a statement to Contreras. Before Fitzsimons’ trial, Taylor-Smith wrote in court records that Gonell has contradicted himself in public statements. He tried to subpoena an unedited version of an interview with CNN that the network refused to provide. The judge denied the request. On cross-examination of Gonell, Taylor-Smith asked the officer to review various still images from body camera footage and surveillance footage, arguing that Fitzsimons was not the only protester who grabbed Gonell and his shield. But Gonell told Taylor-Smith he was only showing him selected moments from the video. He insisted it was Fitzsimons who injured him. “I know because I lived through it,” Gonell said. “You don’t select the whole clip.” Invalid username/password. Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration. Use the form below to reset your password. When you submit your account email, we’ll send an email with a reset code.
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