Matt Perna went inside the capital amidst of a giant crowd. He had no weapons. He entered through an open door in the middle of a large crowd on 2:20 and he left at 2:58. He stayed within the velvet ropes. He touched nothing. He broke nothing. He hurt no one. He took nothing. He was informed by a friend there was a wanted picture of him on an FBI website. He CALLED his local FBI office and turned himself in. He was initially charged with two misdemeanors (1) knowingly entering a restrictive ground or building (2) disorderly conduct on capital grounds. This was his first encounter with the law. He was arrested. Facebook and Instagram disabled his accounts, have they disabled Diddy’s yet? The media ran hit piece after hit piece. He was smeared, bullied and defamed every single day. On January 22, 2021, he was charged with an additional felony which was obstruction of an official proceeding. A change the DOJ knew they couldn’t prove. A statute that didn’t apply. This was ultimately thrown out by the Supreme Court. His girlfriend left him. After that Matt was depressed and anxious. The DOJ cancelled hearings, they kept delaying and searching for more evidence. Month after the month the prosecution continued to stall, they continued to say they were looking for more evidence and Judge Bates allowed it. The DOJ came back and offered Matt Perna 6-12 months and he entered into a guilty plea. Judge Bates set the sentencing hearing out two more months. As time continued Matt got more and more depressed and anxious and afraid. Right before the 7 year anniversary of his mother’s death, his lawyer called and said they are adding a terrorism enhancement which would make his sentence end up being 41-72 months. Three days later he hung himself. Judge Bates presided over two decades of Islamic terrorism cases. During that time he has a track record of redefining metadata to permit the government to continue to use the Internet as a dragnet. He authorized the use of back door searches under FISA. He systematically rejected any due process for anyone with a terrorist enhancement charge. This judge allowed the prosecution to terrorize Matt Perna. He allowed them to delay discovery, cancel status hearings, and make sure this case hung over this poor man’s head until it ultimately drove him to hang himself. People should read the story and understand that until we root out the corruption that is going on within the government, you could be next. No one is safe from tyranny. They were going to give a man who went to the capital for 20 minutes and hurt nobody and took nothing that has never had a criminal record four years in prison. Actions have consequences and we are watching a continuation of the egregious and despicable abuse of power that we have seen since the beginning of the lawfare against the political rivals of the regime, it all started with J6. If these judges get away with what they did to J6 defendants it will never stop. After all, these are the same judges that are stripping the executive branch of its power at the moment.