it's destroying the lives of people like robert morris.y are use offing that but emotion to try to keep robert morris behind bars now along with dozens of other americans awaiting trials that will not start until next year. you're talking about people. this justice department and federal judges are signings off on keeping people who have not been proven guilty of any crime in jail possibly for a year awaiting their trials for various charges, including a lot of times trespassing or disorderly conduct. >> bret: that's right, julie per your reporting, there are over -- where prosecutors have obtained pre-trial detention for first time offenders and dozens of which were not accused of of any violence as well. what justification are they presenting in court? >> basically, because they view anyone who participated in events of january 6th, as a terrorist. i mean i have read time and time again, not specifically that word. they do use the term insurrectionist. but that day is so egregious, according to prosecutors and federal judges who sign off

robert morris is from state college, pennsylvania.apitol with a tactical vest and scissors. they said he had a tourniquet. the feds say he joined multiple fronts. first, scraping with police outside, grabbing a baton. coordinating the theft and movement of police shields. he joined with the rioters in the west tunnel against police. then they say he broke into and was unlawfully inside a private office in the capitol. we knew some of that from the original charging documents. it's what the feds said when they tried to get him held in jail that included some of the new revelations. they found guns. they found the tourniquet. they found a notebook with writings that included step by step how to create a hometown militia. yes, they say they found that fully completed lego set of the u.s. capitol. they mentioned it once. they didn't provide context as to what they think that meant. prosecutors rarely put things in documents without some reason. we hope to find that reason today. there was supposed to be a detention hearing. that's why i w

when law enforcement searched the home of defendant robert morris, who faces police assault charges andccounts connected to january 6, they found a fully constructed u.s. capitol lego set, though prosecutors don't say if the lego had any particular meaning. >> the lego model speaks to anti-government folks and other extremists now have a clear obsession with the capitol. and many of them seem to have taken a lesson from january 6 that the capitol should be the focus of their attention going forward. that's extremely troubling. >> reporter: when robert morris was arrested in june, law enforcement obtained the gear he apparently wore on january 6, where prosecutors say he wrote about battle, about weaponry and about creating a hometown militia in addition to their discovery of that lego set, robert morris has pleaded not guilty. next week a judge will consider whether he should remain in jail pending his trial. brian todd, washington. >>> former u.s. president donald trump has taken his fight with big tech to the courts as he filed a class action lawsuit targeting facebook, twitter, and y

robert morris from pennsylvania.e came to the capitol with a tactical vest in those scissors, and they said he had a tourniquet. the fed say he joined multiple fronts of what was a multi front war january six, four scraping with police outside, grabbing a baton. coordinating the theft and moving up police shields than they say he joined the rioters in the west tunnel against police. then he broke into a destroyed private hideaway building of the capital we knew some of that from the original documents, but it is one defense that said when they tried to get him hide and jail pretrial -- they say, when they arrested him, they found guns. they found that tourniquet, they said they found a handwritten notebook with writings that includes step-by-step, how to create a hometown militia and yes, they say they found that fully completed lego said, at the u.s. capital. they mentioned in just one spin and provide context as to what that meant but pursue caters rarely put things in documents without some reason we hope to find

fifty-six of robert morris was a wanted fugitive when he stole job to vermont on lake champlain but wastrol helicopter claimed he was water test in the vote after giving mechanical fixes bird it was on his way to return it to the owner when he got caught sprayed he is on his way back, mike chase how do you defend him? >> maritime law that's how i defend this one. so look, i think he was in international waters another state lake champlain i don't care. as was out of the jurisdiction of the united states. but actually one thing that was interesting and reports about my clients case years they said this was a one point to million dollars yacht in canadian money. when you convert it's only about 40 bucks u.s. i don't know why that's a very big deal. before that's morbid digging not even a misdemeanor. >> that is exactly right. but i think this was a canadian vessel prints outside the jurisdiction of the united states and the canadians are frankly too nice to extradite them, not guilty. so far there are also they give it away anyway, steven l. miller how do you decide? >> what is a canadian

these videos were evidence in the case of a pan robert morris who was trying to get released from jail the judge ordered him held, citing some of these videos. he was accused ought not being a part of the combat against police but of helping coordinate the movement of stolen riot shields and the movement of the mob towards the front lines. >> scott, thank you. coming up, we'll take you to one community that is becoming the epicenter of a national debate over the 2020 election results. why republicans are calling at this time smoking gun of election fraud. >>> (vo) conventional thinking doesn't disrupt the status quo. which is why t-mobile for business uses unconventional thinking to help your business realize new possibilities. only one 5g partner offers unmatched network, support, and value-without any trade offs. . >>> new details this morning on what arguably is the vice president's biggest and most important portfolio. kamala harris marking six months in office by doubling down on voting rights. she is set to meet with poll workers and election officials and will talk about passing

this is robert morris, an ex-army ranger, who he's now going to be detained pre-trial.et out because the judge said it's too dangerous and the judge criticized him for using his army training and not just any army training, this is a special operations unit of the army, slammed him for using that against his own country. let's play some video of morris from january 6th. i do want to warn viewers this contains disturbing images and language. >> take a look around. back up. we're going to take our capitol back. >> way to go. >> the message that the judge is sending is clear, right? you don't take your training by the u.s. government and use it against the u.s. government. >> that's absolutely right. and it's important to note here, not only is he a ranger, meaning he's been to ranger school and is qualified, he served three tours in afghanistan with the second ranger battalion, amongst the most elite, highly trained of america's armed forces. the point is he is trained not only in tactics but in being able to go into chaotic situations, to take control and to lead forward

so this came up in another court filing about a guy named robert morris from pennsylvania. he's charged in the insurrection. his charges are pretty substantial. he's charged with having led one of the really violent attacks on capitol police at one of the entry points to the capitol. so far he's pleaded not guilty. prosecutors are trying to keep him in jail, so they filed this court document in which they told a judge during a search of his home, they also found a building -- like a lego building of the capitol. i don't know the technical term for a lego -- >> model. >> formation, model, yes. see, this is the 6:00 a.m. live shot rearing its head. so anyway, yeah, throughout the course of the investigation they found this lego capitol. there's no indication in the court documents about what prosecutors think it meant, but it is a strange nuance here and it appeared in this court document where prosecutors are urging a judge to keep this man behind bars. again, so far he's pleaded not guilty. >> it's all so disturbing. whitney wild, thank you very much for the reporting all d