The two men charged with conspiring to assault Officer Brian Sicknick at the Capitol (se: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/capitol-riot-brian-sicknick-two-charged-assault)">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/d... are having their arraignment in DC this morning — George Tanios is going first, pleads not guilty, and AUSA says govt is working on producing "substantial discovery"

Tanios& #39; lawyer says they plan to argue that he should be released pending trial and will file a motion soon to challenge an order from a federal magistrate judge last month granting the govt& #39;s motion to keep him behind bars (see: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-police-brian-sicknick-death-george-tanios-jailed)">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/z...

Appears there was a mix-up regarding Julian Khater& #39;s transportation and he& #39;s not available for the hearing. His lawyer Joseph Tacopina says they& #39;re preparing a "substantial" pretrial release proposal to present to prosecutors, and are prepared to argue it if govt doesn& #39;t agree

Judge Thomas Hogan asks the govt and defense lawyers to make sure to address the DC Circuit& #39;s opinion in the Munchel case, and indicates the challenge for Tanios/Khater will be that Munchel involved defendants who weren& #39;t charged with specific acts of violence (whereas they are)

Clarification to the first tweet in this thread — Khater already had his arraignment on Friday, so this was just a status hearing for him. Here& #39;s @kpolantz on that (Khater& #39;s lawyer said today they haven& #39;t presented a bail package to the govt yet): https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/politics/capitol-riot-bear-spray-plea/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/0...