WASHINGTON — A “Trump Advocates” volunteer who shared a 2020 election conspiracy theory video by one of former President Donald Trump’s sons was released from the Bureau of Prisons last week without trial on charges Jan. 6.
Kellye SoRelleHe had been the general counsel of the far-right Oath Keepers cannot be judged over the summer and reported to federal prison on Nov. 27 to undergo mental health treatment to regain competency. U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta ordered SoRelle’s release Thursday after the government heard Thursday that the Federal Bureau of Prisons Evaluation determined SoRelle was already competent.
SoRelle is being held at the federal medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, according to Bureau of Prisons records.
Attorney Horatio Aldredge, representing SoRelle, challenged in court last week whether he was actually competent to stand trial and asked for his team’s own independent evaluation.
Mehta said they needed to “move quickly” to conduct an independent evaluation, and said he was concerned that SoRelle might release his medication, which would lead to a different assessment of his powers. SoRelle’s defense said she was not on medication.
SoRelle was in a relationship with Stuart Rhodes, founder of the far-right And Keepers group. was found guilty of sedition In 2022, he was in his court on January 6 was convicted Last year, he was sentenced to up to 18 years in prison, one of the longest sentences for a Capitol attack suspect. The government emphasized their personal relationship in court, arguing that SoRelle seized Rhodes’ cell phone after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and, according to prosecutors, did no legal work for the organization. her name. The judge ruled that their texts were not protected by attorney-client privilege.
There is SoRelle This was reported by NBC News Rhodes wanted to contact Trump’s associates before the January 6 attack.
SoRelle was after Trump lost the election Andrew is in touch with Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani’s son, about alleged election issues. SoRelle registered Video showing a man removing a box of ballots from a white van and placing them in a red wagon in Detroit. Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump, wrote about the video and linked to an article suggesting that the video showed some kind of election fraud. In fact, this man was a news photographer walking around with media equipment, not bulletins.
The next court hearing in SoRelle’s case is scheduled for March 8 at 2:00 p.m. He faces four charges: conspiracy to obstruct official proceedings, obstruction of official process, entering and remaining on a restricted basis and obstruction of justice, allegedly inciting other crimes and swearing to expunge his record.