A Utah man who texted on Parler before the January 6 Capitol riot that he was “driving to DC to smack a couple of politicians around,” was charged Wednesday by the feds with assaulting police officers there.
Justin Dee Adams, 48, of West Jordan, Utah, is charged with felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers and interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, as well as related misdemeanor offenses.
Adams, identified by the FBI as the owner of JD Guns and Gear, a West Jordan gun store, was accused of having “charged at the police line, physically attacking one or more officers. After he was pushed back again, he continued to yell and gesture aggressively at officers, while other rioters attempted to hold him back.
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“Then, several minutes later, Adams grabbed a metal bicycle rack that officers were using to prevent the mob from making further advances. He threw a plastic bottle at one officer who attempted to stop him from removing the bike rack. Adams and another rioter pulled the bike rack from the officers and dragged it into the crowd.”
Adams made his initial appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge Jared C. Bennett, federal court records show, KSL.com reported. Adams was ordered to be detained and remanded to the U.S. Marshals Service pending his detention hearing set for Oct. 28.
You can read the FBI criminal complaint here.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), still recovering from the effects of a stroke he suffered on the campaign trail last year, publicly announced last month that he was admitting himself to Walter Reed Hospital to be treated for severe depression. After more than a month of psychiatric treatment, Fetterman is preparing to be discharged and return to full-time work in the Senate.
But far-right QAnon conspiracy theorists aren't buying it.
According to VICE News on Monday, a bizarre theory spread across the internet over the weekend, fanned by a handful of influential extreme-right voices, that Fetterman has been replaced by a body double.
"The entire basis of the conspiracy theory is the comparison of two photos of Fetterman that the conspiracists claim are not of the same person — even though both are very obviously both of the Pennsylvania senator," reported David Gilbert. "Body double conspiracies are a common trope in conspiracist circles: In recent years QAnon believers have claimed that President Joe Biden, Queen Elizabeth, and the Pope have been replaced by body doubles, all in an attempt to undermine the leaders’ credibility and boost the belief that the world is really run by a secret cabal of elites and the faceless 'deep state.'"
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"It's a miracle," wrote Catturd, a far-right Twitter troll who has been boosted by his public conversations with tech billionaire Elon Musk since his takeover of the platform. "In only 3 weeks, John Fetterman got a total head replacement. Man, he has some good doctors.” He displayed two pictures of Fetterman that are clearly still of the same person.
As the report noted, the two pictures were taken at different times; the second came from May 2022, as Fetterman was being discharged from a Pennsylvania hospital after treatment of his stroke. Meanwhile, "other Twitter users also pointed out how the varying focal lengths of different camera lenses can have a huge impact on how people appear in pictures."
Despite this, the report said, many prominent far-right and QAnon-linked voices are pushing ahead with the conspiracy theory.
Fetterman was elected to an open, previously Republican-held Senate seat in Pennsylvania last year, besting Trump-backed celebrity TV health trend promoter Dr. Mehmet Oz in a high-profile contest. The victory expanded the Democratic majority in the Senate, removing the need for Vice President Kamala Harris to act as constant tiebreaker in an evenly divided chamber.A Florida plastic surgeon has been arrested for the murder of a local lawyer, Law&Crime reported.
Tomasz Roman Kosowski was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on Sunday as a suspect in the death of Steven Cozzi, who was reported missing on March 21. A colleague said Cozzi disappeared from his office and left behind his wallet, car, car keys, and cell phone. No one saw him leave the office building where he worked.
Investigators noticed a strong chemical odor coming from one of the office’s bathrooms and significant amounts of blood.
"Using surveillance video, police noticed a suspicious person and car leaving the office building around the same time as Cozzi’s disappearance. Detectives were able to build a case and produce a search warrant for Kosowski and he was arrested during a traffic stop," Law&Crime's report stated, adding that Cozzi's body has never been found.
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A possible connection between the two involves a lawsuit Kosowski filed suing his former employer, Dunedin Surgical Consultants, in 2019 accusing the company of hiring a a new insurance biller that allegedly improperly handed insurance claims. Cozzi is listed as a legal representative of the defendants in the case.
Read more at Law&Crime.
A supporter of Donald Trump called for violence against attorney Michael Cohen because his testimony could result in an indictment for the former president.
During a Monday interview on MAGA network Real America's Voice, host Ed Henry spoke to a guest named Jared.
"He lives in New York, right? Michael Cohen? He lives in Manhattan?" Jared pointed out. "I hope he's being protected, because even though the president doesn't condone violence, that man needs his ass handed to him."
"Maybe not violence," Henry interrupted. "We're not calling for violence."
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"I mean, he's a lying sack of crap, man," Jared continued. "It pisses me off. And I'd slap a figure-four leg lock on him in seconds. That guy is disgusting. You talk about a horse face."
"He's like, I can't stand that guy," he added. "Right between the eyes, he needs it. Anyway, that's my opinion on Michael Cohen. You can't let somebody like that off the hook. You can't let him off the hook."
Co-host Karyn Turk downplayed the guest's calls for violence.
"Well, and being from Jersey myself, I want to say that like the things that you say, you know, these are normal speak for someone from Jersey," she opined. "They're not to be taken totally, literally."
"Don't blame Jersey," Jared quipped. "Just blame me. I'm a man of loyalty. I'm a man of passion. I'm a man of conviction. And for that man to do what he did alone, he needs his ass handed to him."
The guest insisted that he was usually a "gentle man."
"It doesn't sound like it this morning," Henry observed.
Trump has also suggested his supporters engage in violent protest as he faces a possible indictment concerning hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
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