Whitey Ford
05-24-2021, 02:36 PM
‘Crime Does Not Pay’: Government Defends Seizure of $90k from Capitol Siege Defendant Who Sold Video to CNN, NBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfiS8MsfSF4&t=537s
Federal authorities have seized more than $90,000 from a Utah bank account owned by a defendant charged with playing a role in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol Complex. The defendant, John Earle Sullivan, 26, of Sandy, Utah, illegally earned the money, federal authorities say, by licensing video he recorded of the throngs of protesters both inside and outside the seat of government to various media companies, including NBC and CNN. Sullivan has filed court papers describing himself as “legitimately self-employed as a documentarian” and has asked that the government return the money.
According to documents on file in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Sullivan spoke with federal authorities several times after the deadly breach beginning the very next day after the siege occurred. On Jan. 7, Sullivan told investigators he was present when Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed and provided video of the incident.
https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/crime-does-not-pay-government-defends-seizure-of-90k-from-capitol-siege-defendant-who-sold-video-to-cnn-nbc/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfiS8MsfSF4&t=537s
Federal authorities have seized more than $90,000 from a Utah bank account owned by a defendant charged with playing a role in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol Complex. The defendant, John Earle Sullivan, 26, of Sandy, Utah, illegally earned the money, federal authorities say, by licensing video he recorded of the throngs of protesters both inside and outside the seat of government to various media companies, including NBC and CNN. Sullivan has filed court papers describing himself as “legitimately self-employed as a documentarian” and has asked that the government return the money.
According to documents on file in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Sullivan spoke with federal authorities several times after the deadly breach beginning the very next day after the siege occurred. On Jan. 7, Sullivan told investigators he was present when Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed and provided video of the incident.
https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/crime-does-not-pay-government-defends-seizure-of-90k-from-capitol-siege-defendant-who-sold-video-to-cnn-nbc/