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AUSA Brasher Denies Federal Ties of Marcus DiPaola and 1% Watchdog (Pre-Plea)
Before Ryan's guilty plea, the defense filed a disclosure request asking whether Marcus DiPaola — the man inside Ryan's rescue organization who filmed the 2018 Ellen-DeGeneres-show rescue video — and 1% Watchdog — the entity that assigned Ryan rescue missions — were government assets. AUSA Douglas Brasher denied on the record that the government had any idea who 1% Watchdog was and stated that Marcus DiPaola was not a federal agent, not affiliated with the FBI, not affiliated with the feds. The denial was the predicate Brady violation. At this same point, Brasher told Ryan to take the plea deal — or, if Ryan went to trial, Brasher guaranteed he would be found guilty and that the government would seek the terrorism enhancement, just like they did to Matthew Perna. Brasher said Ryan would get it and end up with 20–30+ years in federal prison. Ryan was coerced and forced into the deal he took. The denial that hid Marcus DiPaola and 1% Watchdog's federal ties is what made that coercion possible — Ryan was pleading without knowing the men inside his own organization were assets of the government threatening to bury him. Exact filing date pending verification from the docket.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadJudge Hogan acknowledges Ryan's due process rights were violated (Dec 2021 Bond Hearing)
At the December 2021 bond hearing, U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, on the record, agreed with defense counsel that 22 to 23 hours of cell confinement is "terrible, confining, and difficult for people," and explicitly stated: "And so I accept your argument that his due process rights were violated and that should be another basis for his release." Defense counsel Joseph McBride then raised Ryan's Sixth Amendment rights, noting that Ryan's ability to meaningfully participate in his defense had been "repeatedly interrupted by the D.C. jail," that the conditions of confinement had been raised on November 1, and that Ryan was retaliated against by the facility — the jail confiscated his discovery and took away his ability to use a laptop immediately after learning the conditions were being challenged. Despite this on-the-record acknowledgment from the bench, Ryan was not released. The judge's statement remains potentially relevant evidence for any lawful compensation, civil, administrative, or historical claim. The archive does not state that an Anti-Weaponization Fund application is currently available; DOJ later represented that the announced fund had not been established and was not going forward. Source: Bond hearing transcript, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. v. Nichols.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadSecond Bond Hearing — Dec 20, 2021 (Judge Hogan)
Ryan's second bond hearing — almost a year after the first one in Tyler, Texas was denied. Judge Thomas Hogan conditioned access to this hearing on Ryan taking the COVID vaccine. Ryan went on the record stating he did not want the shot; told his attorney the same. He reluctantly took the first dose on Dec 4, 2021 to preserve access to the hearing. DC DOC then refused the required second dose until after the window expired. Bond denied at the Dec 20, 2021 hearing despite Judge Hogan's on-record admission that prolonged solitary confinement violated Ryan's due process rights. Confirmed in scans j6s14-014 (Step 4 Deputy Director Appeal, 3/18/22) and j6s18-016 (12/7/21 IGP).
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia / DC DOC
ReadCourt orders renewed briefing on Cindy Young sealed-filings dispute
Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey directed renewed sealed briefing on whether ECF Nos. 63 and 64 should remain sealed. The order did not itself unseal the records or resolve Young’s post-trial requests.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadCounterflow publishes long-form Stewart Rhodes interview
Counterflow with Buck Johnson published Episode 395 featuring Stewart Rhodes. Publisher and podcast-catalog listings verify the episode, date and approximate 88-minute runtime. The described topics and any statements in the recording remain attributed to Rhodes and the host pending native-media capture, transcript review and claim-level corroboration.
📍 Podcast / online publication
ReadDOJ discloses direct investigative-team access to Arctic Frost text-message production
A Justice Department letter and a 90-page Senate-released exhibit document the Special Counsel filter-team structure and an August 21, 2023 National Archives production of 54 Excel files containing White House phone text messages. DOJ later stated that investigative-team personnel accessed the spreadsheets before the established filter review was completed and identified messages involving 44 current or former members of Congress. The records document process and access; they do not themselves establish a criminal violation, resolve privilege, or adjudicate the legality of the underlying records request.
📍 Washington, D.C.
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