A federal judge on Friday ordered a mental health evaluation for Jacob Chansley, the Capitol attack defendant whose attorney made vulgar comments to TPM about how many defendants in the case were “fucking short-bus people” with brain damage.
A federal judge on Friday ordered a mental health evaluation for Jacob Chansley, the Capitol attack defendant whose attorney made vulgar comments to TPM about how many defendants in the case were “fucking short-bus people” with brain damage.
In a rare public statement, the judge said, “I mean, anyone who would hire that guy as his lawyer oughta get his head examined.”
What’s a minor neuro-difference between friends.
“I have gotten a tremendous amount of support from the neuro-differences community,” Watkins said, before hedging that the support was “not support that was garnered at first blush.”
Like saying you have the support of the black community after going on a N-word filled rant. Strains credulity.
Smart judge. Shuts that shit right down one way or the other.
A brain fart?
I read this, at first, as the judge ordering a mental evaluation of the lawyer. Still think he should have.
Smelt it = dealt it.
his lawyer Albert Watkins
Who will forever more be known as “shortbus lawyer Watkins”.
ahem
So your client was in full possession of his faculties on the date of the alleged offense? Thanks for clarifying that, counselor.
Ah! A bit of metallurgical humor.
Well it means that the lawyer’s strategy is working, all the Q Shaman has to do know is to convince the shrink that he is actually a moron, which ought not be that hard to do unless he is truly a moron and tries to act smart.
I see I’m not the only one who thought the lawyer might be trying to get his client a break because of diminished mental capacity.
I thought the same thing. The judge was sending a message.
Actually it doesn’t mean the strategy is working. Establishing diminished capacity as a defense is hard as hell.
That stinks, figuratively speaking.
“And when they’re done with the defendant, evaluate his lawyer. We can’t be too careful with this crew.”
Just wait until his next big case comes. He’s got plenty more where that came from.
Same here. When I started reading the headline I thought it would be a Lin Wood story.