DNA on Seized Hand Grenades Does Not Belong to Oath Keepers Defendant Jeremy Brown: FBI Lab

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Defense attorneys want any mention of the grenades banned from ongoing Oath Keepers seditious-conspiracy trial

Defense attorneys in the Oath Keepers seditious-conspiracy trial renewed their request to block federal prosecutors from mentioning two hand grenades allegedly brought to the Washington area after they discovered that DNA found on the grenades does not belong to Florida Oath Keepers member Jeremy Brown.

Attorneys for Oath Keepers defendants Kenneth Harrelson and Kelly Meggs filed a motion (pdf) with U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta asking him to reconsider his Sept. 6 ruling allowing the U.S. Department of Justice to mention the hand grenades in the ongoing trial of four Oath Keepers and one associate.

“New evidence draws into question the issue of Jeremy Brown’s possession of the two hand grenades as there was extensive forensics testing of the hand grenades that failed to result in a match to Brown or his dog that rode in the RV to attend and perform security details at the January 6, 2021 rally,” the new motion said.

The reconsideration request came after defense attorneys discovered that an FBI evidence laboratory determined the DNA found on the grenades did not belong to Brown. He is not charged in the seditious-conspiracy case but was indicted in two other federal criminal cases in 2021 and 2022.

A search of Brown’s Florida property by the FBI on Sept. 30, 2021, turned up two hand grenades stored in the same RV Brown drove to the Washington area for the Jan. 6 rallies and protest.

Grenades Ruled Admissible

Meggs’ defense attorneys, Juli Haller and Stanley Woodward, filed a motion on July 29 to suppress any mention of the grenades. Their motion noted the grenades were discovered nine months after the alleged seditious conspiracy was over, and they said prosecutors cannot prove whether Brown’s RV contained the explosives on Jan. 6.

By Joseph M. Hanneman

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