Michael van der Veen, a lawyer for Trump during his second impeachment trial, is defending a man affiliated with the far-right militia.
during his second impeachment trial, should soon be returning to Washington to defend a man accused of storming the U.S. Capitol with members of the extremist Oath Keepers militia.
He was among 16 people identified as Oath Keepers who were indicted as “conspirators” in a plot to hinder the certification of the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6 that would be the final step in affirming Joe Biden’s presidential win. Judge Amit P. Mehta ordered the U.S. Marshals Service not to transport Dolan to the nation’s Capitol ― where several Capitol defendants facing serious charges are being held before trial ― until the court decides whether to detain Dolan ahead of his own trial.
While noting that the charges were “very serious” and involved participation in a “horrific, wholly unjustified attack on our U.S. Capitol and upon our institutions of government,” the judge noted that Dolan isn’t accused of the same type of violent conduct as others who were detained ahead of trial.
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