A judge in Washington, D.C., is threatening to report two attorneys for possible disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man who has been jailed on charges that he assaulted police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
"While lawyers — like all citizens — are entitled to speak freely, these public representations by McBride call into question the genuineness of his need for a medical continuance because of his inability to represent Quaglin last October," McFadden wrote.
Soon after taking over the case, however, Gross told McFadden he planned to ask for the trial to be pushed again. McFadden wrote that Gross told the judge"that he does not practice criminal law and that he is not competent" to be Quaglin's lead attorney at trial in just a few weeks. McBride said in a text message Friday that he denies the"insinuations" in McFadden's order about his representations to the court about his medical condition and continuance requests. McBride said he will respond to the court and looks forward to"displaying the truth and achieving a favorable resolution."
"As such, Mr. Quaglin asked me to step aside and help Mr. Gross take over the case — which is exactly what I did," McBride wrote.Quaglin is being held at the D.C. jail, where Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others on the Committee on Oversight and Accountabilityas some conservatives continue to try to portray Jan. 6 defendants as"political prisoners."
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