A Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why

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I am very surprised this isn't on ATS already.

One Jan 6 rioter seems to be getting special privileges and the reasons are unknown. The media agencies have requested additional information but no one is being given any. Samuel Lazar was arrested in 2021, was kept in “community confinement” since then, was sentenced and released... all under seal. His mom was even confused that he got released, she thought he was about to be sentenced.

Weird, huh?

There is no public record of a conviction or a sentence in Lazar’s court docket.

But the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press that the man was released from federal custody this week after completing a sentence for assaulting or resisting a federal officer. Lazar was sentenced in Washington’s federal court on March 17 to 30 months in prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, but there’s no public record of such a hearing. He had been jailed since July 2021.

The Justice Department has refused to say why the case remains under wraps, and attorneys for Lazar did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Associated Press. The judge overseeing Lazar’s case in May rejected a request from media outlets — including the AP — to release any sealed records that may exist.

The case is raising concerns about transparency in the massive Jan. 6 investigation — the largest in Justice Department history. Court hearings and records — including sentencing hearings and plea agreements — are supposed to be open and available to the public and the press unless there’s a compelling need for secrecy.

This is all BS. There is no place for corruption or a lack of transparency in our government. Even if this guy cooperated and made deals and ratted on others, the public has a right to know that. Change his name, put him into witness protection, but we have a right to know what he did under his own name.

And if he was an informant before it all even began, then we also have a right to know that.

I support the media organizations pushing on this and even filing lawsuits in pursuit of truth. We all deserve to know what really and actually transpired. And the DoJ has an obligation to tell us clearly. They always say in court filings that there is a 'great public interest' in information being known and released... well, this is one of those times -- it's in the greatest public interest that we know what happened here.

a reply to: Mahogany
Do we have an image to associate with the name?? Maybe its not even his real name. Maybe it was the dark skinned kid that sold videos to CNN, the one that was in the group close to Ashley Babbit when she got shot. The guy who was part of an underground guerilla protest group advertising on their internal network about going to the capitol pretending to be Trump supporters. Could it be him, is there a picture with this name?

a reply to: worldstarcountry

Our justice system at work:

Jan 6th protestor gets 10 years in prison for assaulting a D.C. officer

Oregon rioter and arsonist gets 45 days in jail for lighting a police station on fire.

a reply to: Mahogany
Good its not who I thought. But still raises some questions here. Who is he affiliated with? What NGO's, if any does he work with? Who does he show up with in pictures? My only inference as to the secrecy of his trial or whatever is he was a planted saboteur that was kept out of the light to reduce scrutiny on any inconsistencies.

perhaps he was with Ray Epps.

come to think of it, there was talk of the amazing coincidence of many who seemed "way too organized" all having the same model of bullhorn. This may be exactly as my snarky first reply suggested.

originally posted by: Mahogany
a reply to: worldstarcountry

Lol, you can’t just show us the guy. You must resort to your Giuliani -Trump obsession.

a reply to: Mahogany

Do we even know how Jan. 6th was allowed to happen and who allowed it? I'm not sure if that came out yet or not. Last I remember was that the FBI issued warnings and that they were ignored.

Still not sure if this was a reckless decision by Trump or if democrats were behind it to entrap Trump.

Either way, the secrecy is BS.

originally posted by: ColeYounger
Our justice system at work:

Jan 6th protestor gets 10 years in prison for assaulting a D.C. officer

Oregon rioter and arsonist gets 45 days in jail for lighting a police station on fire.

Yep. The interests of Justice are being served. Love the Liberal Socialist double standard. Funny how a Republican Congresswoman being asked to leave a play is more important than the disparity of sentences that you show.

a reply to: Mahogany

A Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why

When ever a detainee decides to rat out his bro's now that he's had a change of heart; often they are granted leniency and allowed into the witness protection program. The secrecy is to prevent retaliation....just another possibility.

a reply to: olaru12

6th amendment, if he flipped those he accused still have a right to face their accuser.
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I wouldnt be surprised if he now has a bank account with a fat deposit in it.

Any Idea where he served his time? Did he actually serve time or was he sent out of the country on another assignment?

He certainly looks like an undercover agent.

a reply to: Mahogany

Gov informant. Political envoy, child of...from other countries...

originally posted by: Turquosie
a reply to: Mahogany

Do we even know how Jan. 6th was allowed to happen and who allowed it? I'm not sure if that came out yet or not. Last I remember was that the FBI issued warnings and that they were ignored.

Still not sure if this was a reckless decision by Trump or if democrats were behind it to entrap Trump.

Either way, the secrecy is BS.

Did you watch it?
How was it allowed to happen?
It was a guided tour, if any laws were actually broken they're hardly worth a ticket, let alone this nonsense overblown response.

The officers there went around opening doors for the tourists.
I've seen more chaos at a circuit city on black Friday, and far more during the BLM riots the media doesn't want to talk about.

a reply to: Mahogany

My Fed contact also doesn't know what to make of this as its odd to the extreme. I read two of the orders pertaining to sealing documents and prevention of the media from accessing "sensitive" information.

Just WTF does this guy know?

Lazar Case Documents and Federal Court Orders

Samuel Lazar’s appears to have been resolved in secret — kept under seal with no explanation, even after his release from prison.

Any relation to Bob Lazar?

I know it's unlikely, but figured I throw it out there anyway.

If he is indeed the only one to recieve such treatment, I WOULD be inclined to wonder if he's getting some extra paychecks, and if he has a "summer home" in Charlottesville.
I mean, simply based on what Trump said in his speech, I COULD see people getting psyched up enough to do what they did,
but this does seem worth investigating.
See I ayes does this all the bloody time and honestly with the extreme level of literally storming federal buildings, I'd actually be kinda shocked if they HADN'T had provocateurs involved.

a reply to: Mahogany