Lawyer tries to name-drop Trump get-out-of-jail-free card in failed bid to delay Jan. 6 defendant's case

Source: Law & Crime

Nov 18th, 2024, 2:17 pm


An accused Jan. 6 rioter from Florida who allegedly harbored a member of the Proud Boys extremist group while they were on the run from police has tried — and failed — to get the Donald Trump treatment this week, unsuccessfully filing to postpone his federal trial after claiming a “high member” of the future president’s administration had promised him a pardon.

“The undersigned has spoken with a high member of the future Trump Administration and the future pardon of Thomas Osborne is almost a certainty,” wrote attorney Jeffrey G. Brown in a Nov. 17 court filing, which came after prosecutors objected to pushing back Osborne’s case earlier this month.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, a Barack Obama appointee, slapped down the accused rioter’s Nov. 11 motion on Monday to stay or continue his trial, saying Osborne “has failed to demonstrate” that he meets the legal requirements for such relief.

“This matter has been pending since February 21, 2024,” the judge noted. “The public has strong interest in the prompt adjudication of this matter, and Defendant’s speculation that he may receive a pardon cannot overcome the strength of that interest.”

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