New filing: Govt is arguing to keep Capitol insurrection def. Jessica Watkins in jail pending trial. A few new details, including that she told someone, "We are not bringing firearms" but then revised: "Weapons are ok now as well. Sorry for the confusion." https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20477513/2-11-21-us-detention-memo-jessica-watkins.pdf
Prosecutors arguing to keep Jessica Watkins in pretrial detention: "Crimes of this magnitude, committed with such zeal, belie any conditions of release that would reasonably assure the safety of the community or by which Watkins could be trusted to abide."
Watkins has been in custody since her arrest in Ohio on Jan. 17 — she made her initial court appearance in Ohio two days later and requested that her detention hearing be held once her case got transferred to DC (where all the Capitol insurrection cases are being prosecuted)
The Watkins detention memo repeats much of what the govt has already put out there about what members of the alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy were saying via a walkie talkie app.

Govt: "For Watkins, this was a moment to relish in the swirling violence in the air."
And of note as we enter another day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial: "As the inauguration grew nearer, Watkins indicated that she was awaiting direction from President Trump."
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