A federal judge on Wednesday admonished a defense attorney for a man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the 2021 attack on the Capitol, telling the attorney he did not follow a protective order and warning him to be “more careful.”
At issue in the back and forth were accusations from the Justice Department that the suspect’s defense counsel sought to harass and intimidate potential witnesses through a public court filing, which identified several individuals by name.
The filing, federal prosecutors argue, also accused one of the potential witnesses of being the true perpetrator who placed pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
