A Jan. 6 defendant has filed a motion to dismiss the eight-count criminal case against him on the grounds of selective prosecution for his role as a journalist covering events at the Capitol.
William Pope, 38, of Topeka, Kansas, filed a flurry of other pretrial motions on May 10 and 13 asking for a change of venue, a ban on federal prosecutors using “corrupted exhibits” in his trial, dismissal of the civil disturbance and obstruction of Congress felonies charged against him, an order to compel identification of more than 200 police officer material witnesses, and an order to allow video and/or audio broadcast of his trial, among others.
