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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 07:11 AM Aug 2021

Iowa man charged in Capitol riot may be returned to jail

Source: Associated Press

DAVID PITT,
Associated Press
Aug. 20, 2021
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 7:50 p.m.



FILE - This undated photo provided by Polk County, Iowa Jail shows Douglas Jensen. A prosecutor says Jensen, a QAnon follower, seen in a videotaped confrontation with a police officer during the Capitol insurrection violated terms of his release by watching internet videos about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and should be returned to custody until trial. (Polk County Jail via AP, File)AP

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says an Iowa man seen in a videotaped confrontation with a police officer during the Capitol insurrection should be returned to jail until trial because he violated terms of his release by watching anti-government internet videos about the Jan. 6 attack.

Douglas Jensen was released in July after spending six months in jail. At the time, Jensen told a judge that he had been duped by QAnon conspiracy theories, saying he “bought into a pack of lies” and had since experienced a “wake-up call.”

Thirty days later, on Aug. 13, a pretrial services officer found Jensen in his garage in Des Moines listening to the news on a video-sharing website similar to YouTube that features anti-vaccine and anti-government content, according to a court filing Thursday.

Acting U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips wrote that the swift violation confirms what the government and the judge suspected all along: “that Jensen’s alleged disavowal of QAnon was just an act.”

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Iowa-man-charged-in-Capitol-riot-may-be-returned-16401140.php

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Iowa man charged in Capitol riot may be returned to jail (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2021 OP
Did I read a very similar story last week? It's hard to tell sometimes, because... NurseJackie Aug 2021 #1
A D.U. post lasts from minutes to one day. It depends on where it is sited. 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #2
Days later? Sometimes minutes later. SharonClark Aug 2021 #3
He looks like such a nice person, too. :/ C Moon Aug 2021 #4
His wife should also be in trouble More_Cowbell Aug 2021 #5

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
1. Did I read a very similar story last week? It's hard to tell sometimes, because...
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 07:35 AM
Aug 2021

... the stories about 1/6 insurrectionists keep coming at a steady pace. I guess I should expect that there will be a recidivist or two (or hundred).

3Hotdogs

(12,209 posts)
2. A D.U. post lasts from minutes to one day. It depends on where it is sited.
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 09:21 AM
Aug 2021

So somebody posts a story, it stays for several hours and disappears.

Days later, another person reads the same story, finds it of interest and posts it.

More_Cowbell

(2,190 posts)
5. His wife should also be in trouble
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 06:58 PM
Aug 2021

If she was the responsible person to whom he was released. (The story says she had promised to help him stay off the internet, and yet she gave him an iPhone.)

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