Charles Donohoe - Criminal Case Update

On March 26, 2021 the Government filed MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTION as to Defendant Donohoe

Superseding Indictment refresher:

In the first superseding indictment¹ —Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Charles Donohos and Zachary Rehl were each charged with; 18 U.S.C. § 371 -conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. §§1512(c), 2; -obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 231(a)(3), 2 -obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1361, 2 -destruction of government property and aiding and abetting, and 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) and (a)(2) -unlawful entry and disorderly conduct

Defendant Charles Donohoe, Pretrial Detention or not:

Late on March 26, 2021 the Government filed a: Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention (via ECF or via my public drive) of Defendant Charles Donohoe². If you are wondering if the Government has singled-out Defendant Charles Donohoe, I can assure you that is not the case (pun not intended)—since the first superseding indictment was unsealed the Government has swiftly moved to revoke Nordean³ ⁴and Biggs ⁵ bond and timely filed Pretrial Detention motions, as appropriate.

The Government disclosed that shortly after the attack, Defendant Donohoe took to Telegram and celebrated. He posted the following messages, the January 6 attack made him “feel like a complete warrior” and he further bragged by posting the following message; “We stormed the capitol unarmed […] And we took it over unarmed” -not to parse words;

• ”…a complete warrior” underscores the Proud Boys rally cry and overt desire to start a civil war

• “we” in the context (and content - which are not mutually exclusive) infers a group but specifically the Proud Boys

I personally think that Defendant Donohoe will likely latch on the disclosure made in the second paragraph on page 1- which reads in part:

“Although the government does not currently have evidence that Donohoe actually entered the Capitol building on January 6, these statements in celebration of the accomplishments of the group underscore the danger of a man like Donohoe…”

Of note the Government is seeking detention pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 3142(e) and (f) for a detention hearing and pretrial detention of the Defendant. I’ve red-lined the relevant section and subsections

But the Government also proffered something new - I now refer you to page two, first paragraph and then page 8 - Which reads in part:

“….the Defendant’s repeated efforts to destroy electronic evidence reveal plainly the Defendant’s knowledge of his and others’ culpability and his intent and efforts to obstruct the due administration of justice in this case.”

Defendant Donohoe’s paranoia about Henry “Enrique” Tarrio might have been the smartest thing he did but predictably Donohoe completely freaked out.

I could be wrong but I do believe this is the first (proffered by the Government) photographic evidence of Defendants Donohoe and Pezzola⁶

I now draw your attention to page 6, the second paragraph. If we take the Government’s Filing as unassailable facts. The second paragraph means that Defendant Donohoe was aware of both the National Guard and DHS —which is incredibly problematic.⁷⁸

Not to belabor this point - as I believe this is actually important, the Government disclosed that Defendant Donohoe posted on Telegram at 3:38PM (military time that’s 15:38) presumably “short lived” implies a relatively short period of time. Perhaps the question should be;

did any members of the Proud Boys, specifically any of the names defendants given any communication(s) from anyone in the;

• Department of Defense and/or

• Department of Homeland Security or

• more broadly the Trump Administration and/or Trump’s Political Campaign or any PACs and/or SuperPACs

One datapoint is that DHS never deployed any agents to the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and widespread reporting indicates that (then) Vice President Pence authorized the full deployment of National Guard, not Trump. Because Trump was excited watching his radicalized followers “invade” our Capitol —because his supporters believed Trump & his obsequious sycophantic surrogates “big lie” - moreover common sense dictates that you can’t “stop the steal” when nothing was stolen.

One possible explanation is Defendant Donohoe was tracking breaking news but based on my preliminary research most mainstream media outlets didn’t publish the National Guard deployment until close to 4:45PM.

I would now like to draw your attention to page 9 of the Government’s Filing —there it is. The one sentence I’ve been waiting for;

Because the Defendant and Pezzola conspired together (and with others), the Defendant is substantively liable for the destruction Pezzola wrought with his stolen riot shield—even if the two are not charged in the same conspiracy.

I do think the Government makes a convincing argument that Defendant Donohoe cannot rebut the presumption in favor of detention, as prescribed by 18 U.S.C. § 3142(e)(3)(C)… the Government argues that the rebuttable presumption applies to Donohoe because destruction of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361, is specifically enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 2332b(g)(5)(B), It’s possible I’m reading that incorrectly but §2332b(g)(5)(B) falls under terrorism.

Again ICYMI - March 26, 2021 the Government filed a: Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention (via ECF or via my public drive) as to Defendant Charles Donohoe.

Based on “space” constraints of this newsletter setting, I simply ran out of room to combine the updates in Defendants Nordean, Bigg and Rehl - look for a separate article, forthcoming shortly. But for now you’re caught up on Defendant Donohoe’s case.

More files incoming -Filey

1. March 2021 First Superseding Indictment as to Nordean, Biggs, Rehl and Donohoe

2. On March 3, 2021 a grand jury in DC handed down an indictment as to Defendants Nordean and Biggs

3. MOTION to Revoke Pretrial Release by USA as to ETHAN NORDEAN (filed 3/20/21) NEW EVIDENCE Encrypted Chats, Found Here

4. Ethan Nordean - previous Articles found here

5. Joseph Biggs - previous articles found here

6. Dominic Pezzola - previous articles found here

7. On February 13, 2021 I noted the DOD’s January 8, 2021 the Department of Defense (DOD) and embedded the Jan 8th document. My assumption is the DOD wanted to accurately memorialize the chain of events on their end in response to the Jan 6th insurrection. Found here.

8. On March 3, 2021 again I highlighted & embedded the DOD’s January 8, 2021 Memorandum-Timeline of Jan 6th, listening to Major General Walker’s testimony helped clear up a few fuzzy details.