The former U.S. Army Green Beret master sergeant, pardoned by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, still sits in prison for his related Florida gun conviction, but his lawyers say the White House says it looks like he's ready to let him go.
Jeremy Michael Brown, 50, of Tampa, Florida, was arrested on February 13 in Washington, D.C., on two trespass-related misdemeanor charges stemming from his presence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. I was waiting for the trial. Brown is 20-years-old and an Army Special Forces veteran who was awarded two Bronze Stars.
President Trump issued pardons on January 20 for defendants dating back to January 6, including Brown. But unlike more than 200 of his fellow defendants in federal custody, Brown was not released. He had already served federal prison time in a gun case released on September 30, 2021 based on items found during the January 6 FBI raid.
“Jeremy had a mat on the floor by the toilet.”
“Reliable sources confirm that our facts regarding Jeremy have reached the White House and a resolution is on the way,” defense attorney Carolyn Stewart posted on X. “Action in progress. Have faith.”
Brown's girlfriend Tyren Aldridge says messages about Brown's continued incarceration were received in D.C.'s right ear
“We made the right connections with the right people from all angles and got Jeremy's story to all the right people,” Aldridge told Blaze News. “Yes, I think Jeremy will be released, but it may take a few days. I'm grateful that President Trump has kept his promise, but I always knew he would.” There was no doubt about it.”
Brown was shuttled from DC to the Grayson County Detention Center in Kentucky. There, prison conditions are said to be worse than in D.C.
“The facility is overcrowded. U.S. ex-s. 15 men and 15 men moving in a room with one bathroom and 10 beds,” Stewart said. “Jeremy had a mat on the floor by the toilet. No commission for a two week delivery time. Kudos – Sen. Rand Paul went to jail for raising hell.”
Brown's supporters see the government's refusal to release Brown as continued persecution. Because he refused to spy on the Oath Keeper as an informant, blowing off the FBI's December 2020 whistleblower attempt to recruit him in December 2020.
Stewart said the excuses provided by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service are simply false. brown florida gun case Convicted on April 7, 2023 Part of the U.S. Department of Justice's January 6 prosecution.
Brown was charged with six criminal counts, including possession of a short-barreled rifle and shotgun, possession of an explosive grenade, improper storage of an explosive grenade, and knowingly retaining national defense documents, U.S. District He was sentenced to 87 months in prison by Judge Susan Buckles. Brown was acquitted of four other counts.
“Jeremy Brown's Florida conviction is 100% 'J6-related,' as the President's proclamation requires,” Stewart told Blaze News in a statement. “Jeremy was arrested and jailed based on J6 allegations of terrorism which led to a search warrant and evidence plant.”
The day after President Trump's declaration of commutation and clemency on Jan. 6, Brown said guards at the Columbia Special Prison told him he would be released. His mother and girlfriend were waiting outside the facility.
Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown (left) speaks with officers from the Metropolitan Police Department on the Upper Terrace of the U.S. Capitol just before 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021.metropolitan police station cam
After waiting two hours to be processed for release, Brown said, “I was pulled aside and told that I was not being released because of my conviction as a result of the government's illegal search warrant and framing me.'' “Because of the Florida incident, we were turned back.''
Aldridge said he was waiting for Brown outside the D.C. jail in freezing temperatures.
“I sat in front of the D.C. jail for two hours in 18 degrees waiting for him to get out,” Aldridge told Blaze News. “I had a duffel bag filled with all his clothes that he asked me to bring. When my phone rang with a 202 area code, I knew it was bad news. I knew it would happen.”
The D.C.-based criminal case against Brown was dismissed with prejudice by Judge Amit Mehta on January 21 on a motion from the new Justice Department.
Since the FBI raid on his Tampa home in 2021, Brown has consistently expressed the belief that the raid was in retaliation for refusing to become a paid FBI confidential informant to spy on the Oath Keepers. I am. On December 11, 2020, Brown met with two FBI agents in Ybor City, Florida, and apparently rejected their pleas.
He recorded the meeting and released the recording on March 4, 2021. Interview with Brandon Gray 'Just another channel'. People repeatedly posted links to the podcast on the FBI's Tampa Field Office Facebook page.
“Two grenades had DNA, fingerprints, fibers and hair that did not match Jeremy.”
“So they were well aware of their failed CIs [confidential informant] Recruit has now been an outspoken 'whistleblower' exposing the FBI's actions prior to January 6th,” Brown wrote. December 2021 Letter in the epoch.
Agents began contacting his family and friends shortly after Brown was exposed in an attempt to turn an FBI oath administrator into an informant to spy on him, Brown said.
“My sister was personally contacted at her new cell phone number by the very agent who was at the recorded recruitment meeting,” Brown said in a December 2021 letter.
Brown said the agent told her sister that the FBI/DHS was “concerned.” I had become “radicalized.” Brothers who committed suicide in late 2018.
The search of Brown's home was unusual because it was authorized not by a federal magistrate judge in Florida, but by one in DC due to its alleged ties to “terrorism.” The warrant did not specify what the agents were seeking, defense attorneys said.
Agents found two firearms that were not registered in the federal database: a short-barrel rifle and a shotgun, resulting in felony charges.
“The search turned up two guns that came from his deceased brother and grandfather,” Stewart said. “These guns were unregistered heirlooms with short barrels that would normally only be charged as a misdemeanor under the IRS tax section of U.S. law.”
Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.US Department of Justice
Agents and his girlfriend who searched a recreational vehicle belonging to Brown said they found two grenades, giving rise to felony charges. The RV was parked in a nearby cul-de-sac. Brown said the grenade was not his and that he had never seen it before.
The FBI conducted extensive forensic testing to link Brown to the explosives.
“Two grenades had DNA, fingerprints, fibers, and hair that did not match Jeremy, his RV, his residence, or the dog,” Stewart said. “Yet he was convicted.”
Stewart said he believed the grenades and compact discs allegedly containing classified documents were planted by the government.
A sample of Brown's dog hair was tested after the pet's hair was found with explosives.
“The federal government under Biden [administration] “And that Justice Department wanted Jeremy buried in prison, where he couldn't reveal anything,” she said. “They wanted him in jail before the other Oath Keepers' trials so he couldn't testify that the whole sedition allegation was garbage.”
Brown's Florida case is on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. According to appeal document, The warrant “did not have any items 'searched' on that face,” Stewart said.
“The first thing agents do when they get there and enter the home is turn off all 14 recording devices,” attorney Michael Uferman wrote in Brown's appeal brief filed Oct. 23, 2023. I mentioned it in Age of transparency, they turn off all the cameras. ”
Agents are attempting to take textile samples and other evidence from the RV and tie the grenade to Brown. A sample of Brown's dog hair was tested after the pet's hair was found with explosives.
“They got a search warrant and they came back and took a bunch of samples from the dog, about over 50 samples and the fibers from the dog that were found under the grenade matched his dog. We’ll see if there are,” Uferman said. “It's not his dog.”
Ufferman said FBI Forensics speaks volumes.
“The evidence shows that forensic science does not lie,” he said in Brown's complaint. “People do that. That's why we're here.”
Oral arguments in Brown's suit are scheduled for March 6 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Brown joined the Oath Keepers shortly after the November 2020 presidential election.
Video shows Brown walking peacefully from President Trump's speech to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as part of a group of oath officers providing security for conservative speakers. is shown. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department worked aggressively to clear the upper terraces of Parliament House.
An email to the new U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., was not returned by press time.
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