March 4: Federal Trial Day 8

Section 1: Summary

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Date: March 4, 2026 (Tuesday) [Note-taker RT labels it “Wednesday” but all other notes confirm Tuesday 3/4]
Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division (with Dallas simulcast courtroom — 5 people in Dallas, packed house in Fort Worth)
Case: Prairieland Federal Trial
Judge: Mark Pittman
Prosecution: Shawn Smith (AUSA), plus prosecution team
Defense Attorneys Present:
Cody Cofer (Autumn Hill)
Patrick McClain (Zachary Evetts)
Phillip Hayes (Benjamin “Champagne” Song)
Chris Tolbert (Savanna Batten)
J. Warren St. John (Meagan Morris)
MarQuetta A. Clayton (Maricela Rueda)
Harmony Schuerman and Blake Ryan Burns (Elizabeth Soto)
Leigh Davis (Ines Soto)
Christopher Weinbel (Daniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada)
James Luster (Autumn Hill)
Defendants Present: All nine defendants present
Type of Proceeding: Jury trial — Continuation of government’s case-in-chief; first cooperating witness testimony

Key Takeaways

FBI counterterrorism agent of 10+ years had to Google what an “antifa flag” looks like. Agent Morris Bogner, who has been on the counterterrorism squad since 2010, testified he had to conduct an online search during the September 15 search of the Soto residence to identify a flag the prosecution called “antifa.” Under cross-examination he admitted he didn’t know what “anarcho-communist” means, that the flag originates from the Spanish Civil War, and that his specialty is international — not domestic — terrorism. The book found on the printing press turned out to be a memoir about a dying sister’s cancer treatment.
Judge Pittman intervened repeatedly to confirm nothing seized was illegal. During testimony about the Batten apartment search and the fireworks cooler, the judge himself asked witnesses to confirm that nothing seized was illegal to own — and they confirmed. Pittman also stated from the bench: “There is nothing illegal about speaking out against the current government. That is protected.”
The prosecution’s evidence against Savanna Batten collapsed to a single map. A 57-minute SWAT-assisted search of Batten’s one-bedroom apartment — where SWAT broke a window and damaged an interior door to enter while she’d been in jail for 5 days — yielded zero firearms, zero explosives, zero body armor, zero tactical gear, and zero “antifa” literature. The only item seized was a map of downtown Fort Worth that defense connected to the No Kings protest Batten was organizing.
Crime scene investigators forgot a cooler of fireworks at the scene for approximately 12 hours. Officer Andrea Grant testified she found the cooler the next day on the street after the crime scene had been released. It was stored improperly — not in an explosives-rated magazine. No fire marshal or ATF was contacted. Defense challenged the integrity of the evidence. The judge confirmed: “There’s nothing illegal about owning fireworks.”
Texas Ranger Tyler Williamson testified about two interviews with Meagan Morris in which Morris consistently described the event as a noise demonstration gone wrong. Morris stated she never left her van, brought weapons only for protection against counter-protestors, and expressed “disgust and betrayal” at the shooting. The Ranger largely found her credible but doubted she could have heard the shots clearly enough to identify a binary trigger from her van’s distance.
Judge allowed Hayes to question discrepancies in Lt. Gross’s statement. After a contentious exchange before lunch, the judge reviewed the record and ruled that Hayes could question the Ranger about the fact that Gross’s written statement omitted that he pulled his weapon and aimed it at someone’s back — a key credibility issue. The judge referenced his earlier self-defense ruling and kept questioning on “a tight rope.”
First cooperating witness Lynette Sharp testified in handcuffs. Sharp, who pled guilty to material support of terrorism (facing up to 41 years if she hadn’t cooperated), described the social network among defendants — self-defense classes at Finn’s Place, SRA range days, the Emma Goldman Book Club, and an “affinity group” led by Song that practiced dry-fire drills and building-clearing techniques. She identified all nine defendants. When lined up in front of her, she began crying and said: “I love them.”
Signal chat evidence cuts both ways. Prosecution presented chats showing pre-event planning (maps, weather, demographics, escape routes, camera locations, Faraday bags). But defense highlighted messages describing the event as a “noise demo” that is “really dope and low risk,” discussions about property lines to avoid trespassing, and expressed concern about safety — with no messages referencing harming anyone.
Trial will continue Monday, March 9 at 8:30 AM (judge adding Monday sessions to finish before spring break).

Narrative Summary

Morning Session — Recall of Agent Bennett (~9:02 AM)

FBI case agent Kasey Bennett was recalled to address revised admissions from Exhibit 65. Additional pages (28-40, 45-48, 55-58, 60) were admitted — all items from the search of Sanchez’s parents’ Garland apartment.

Bennett identified letters addressed to “Des” signed by “Mari” (pages 28, 36), which she attributed to Maricela Rueda’s handwriting — though she acknowledged she is not a handwriting expert. Page 55 showed Sanchez’s tattoo art signed “@des.tattooartist.” Page 58 contained writings attributed to Rueda: “What is a riot but freedom from injustice, burn everything that was not meant for us.” Page 57 contained journal writing about “riots, protests” that “rightfully destroyed” a Minneapolis precinct — written during the George Floyd protests of 2020. Page 60 showed a high school visitor pass from 2018-2019, connected to Rueda’s daughter.

Cross-examination (Weinbel for Sanchez): Bennett confirmed she was not present for the search. Defense identified page 36 as a love letter dated 2017, and page 58 as poetry. Defense asked: “Are you aware that Ms. Rueda and Mr. Sanchez hosted open mic nights and are poets?” Bennett: “No.”

Witness: FBI Agent Morris Bogner — Special Agent (22 years), Counterterrorism Squad since 2010

Bogner was involved in the second search of the Soto residence on September 15, looking specifically for evidence of “mass production of propaganda.” The first search had found literature and photographs of commercial printing equipment.

Direct Examination: Bogner identified commercial printing equipment in the garage: a copier, paper cutter, binder, and boxes of paper. He described “mass produced books” and identified what he called an “antifa flag” (red and black). He testified the equipment showed the Sotos were producing propaganda. Exhibit 194 (flags from second search) admitted over defense objection. The prosecution characterized the Sotos as “the printers for the conspiracy.”

Cross-examination (Ines Soto’s attorney): Bogner admitted he identified the flag by doing a Google search during the September search. He did not know what “anarcho-communist” means. Defense asked if he’d be surprised to learn the flag originates from the Spanish Civil War. Bogner: “No.” The book found on the press was a personal narrative about the death of a sister from a brain tumor — not radical material.

Cross-examination (Autumn Hill’s attorney — Cofer): “22 years ago you took an oath to defend the Constitution. When you use the word ‘propaganda,’ you’re referring to legally protected First Amendment material.” Bogner conceded that unless it promotes violence, it is protected. Judge Pittman stated from the bench: “There is nothing illegal about speaking out against the current government. That is protected.”

Cross-examination (one of the defense attorneys): Invoked the history of printed dissent in America — Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (1776), James Otis’s Rights of the British Colonies (1764), Farmer’s Letters (1768). Judge Pittman added: “There is a history of punks, pamphlets existing against the government. The First Amendment was styled to do that.”

Cross-examination (Sanchez): Established that the only evidence of anything actually printed on the equipment was the cancer memoir. The mask found was a chemo mask worn by the sister. The flag was rolled up on a garage shelf, not displayed. Defense: “You’re on the terrorism unit and you have to Google what an antifa flag looks like?” Bogner: “I specialize in international terrorism, not domestic.”

Cross-examination (Schuerman for Liz Soto): “Were you aware that my client and their husband run a book club? And they read books and zines?” Bogner acknowledged he did not know what zines are.

Redirect (Prosecution): Smith argued: “Tons of pamphlets were collected. The Sotos were mass producing propaganda. They were the printers for the conspiracy.”

Witness: FBI Agent Mark Van Horn — Special Agent (9 years), Dallas Evidence Response Team

Van Horn was involved in two searches: Savanna Batten’s apartment and Rebecca Morgan’s vehicle.

Direct Examination: Exhibit 81 admitted — photos from Batten’s apartment search showing maps of downtown Fort Worth with X’s on government buildings. Exhibit 106 admitted — photos from search of Rebecca Morgan’s vehicle (conducted August 1 at FBI office after Song’s arrest). Items found in the vehicle: megaphone, toiletry bags, black ski mask and gloves in center console, manual on de-escalation, clothes purchased July 15 (receipt found), first aid kit, more masks, generic flyer. Prosecution noted similarities between maps found in Batten’s apartment and maps from the Soto residence.

Cross-examination (Tolbert for Batten): This was a strong cross. Defense established:

The vehicle searched belonged to Rebecca Morgan, not Savanna Batten.
Batten lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Fort Worth.
She had been arrested July 4 and was in jail for 5 days before the search on July 9.
SWAT broke a window and damaged an interior door to enter the empty apartment.
In the 57-minute search, no firearms, body armor, explosives, fireworks, ammunition, insurrectionist literature, antifa literature, or tactical gear was found.
The only item collected was the map of downtown Fort Worth.
Defense connected the map to the No Kings protest Batten was organizing for June and October 2025 — a lawful downtown protest. The X’s could be protest route markers or places to avoid.
Judge Pittman asked directly: “To be clear, nothing you seized is inherently illegal, correct?” Witness: “Correct.”

Redirect (Prosecution): Noted that the shooter was still at large during the search, and that the Soto residence on Cowden was close to Batten’s apartment. Defense objection sustained — prosecution was testifying rather than questioning.

Witness: Officer Andrea Grant — FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (1.5 years), Dallas PD

Grant responded to the Prairieland scene on July 5 and found a red-and-white cooler with fireworks on the north end of Sunflower Lane.

Direct Examination: Grant arrived the evening of July 5 to walk the scene and check for missed evidence. The cooler was sitting by itself, partially open, with fireworks visible inside. Exhibit 46 admitted. Grant held up packages of fireworks for the jury.

Cross-examination (St. John for Morris): Defense established the cooler had been left at the scene for approximately 12 hours after the crime scene was released. No evidence marker was assigned — it was simply photographed in place because the scene had already been released. Grant did not inventory the contents, did not dry the fireworks, did not know if they were wet or soggy, and only transported the cooler to Alvarado PD in her personal vehicle. Alvarado PD’s evidence room was not equipped to store explosives. Grant could not guarantee the integrity of evidence left behind for 12 hours.

Cross-examination (Clayton for Rueda): Fireworks are commercially available and not designed to breach structures. Grant was not familiar with fireworks classifications.

Judge Pittman asked: “There’s not anything illegal about owning fireworks, is it?” Grant: “Correct.”

Redirect (Prosecution): Established shooting occurred around 11 PM, people remained on scene until 2-3 AM, and the cooler was found in the same location the next evening. Other debris (flags, materials) was gone by then.

Recross (St. John for Morris): The Alvarado fire marshal was on scene the night of July 4 but was not contacted about handling the fireworks. ATF was not contacted either.

Recross (Clayton for Rueda): The cooler was found a couple hundred yards from the facility.

BREAK (~10:25 AM — resumed 10:45 AM)

Witness: Texas Ranger Tyler Williamson — 5 years with Rangers

Williamson was the lead Ranger on scene and conducted two interviews with Meagan Morris.

Direct Examination: Williamson interviewed Morris on July 5 at the Johnson County Sheriff’s office (arrested approximately 9 hours prior). Morris appeared of sound mind and was read Miranda warnings. She agreed to talk. FBI Agent McGuire was also present.

Morris’s account as relayed by Williamson:

Her birth name was Bradford Winston Morris.
She arrived around 10 PM on July 4, parked near Wildwood and Burnett.
She brought her gear: rifle, vest, handheld radios. Several vehicles were already there.
Others brought fireworks and rifles.
She learned about the event from a Signal chat called “Discussion + News.”
There “wasn’t really a plan” — just a noise demonstration to set off fireworks.
She brought weapons because “sometimes protests are dangerous” — cited a prior protest where someone was run over by a car.
Her role was to stay in the vehicle to protect from vandalism and drive down with rifles if violence occurred.
She radioed when 3 people in black masks walked past; was told they were “friendlies.”
She could not hear the fireworks but heard gunfire. After gunshots, police arrived and passed her; she tried to leave with no plan of where to go.

Williamson found parts of her story credible but doubted she could distinguish fireworks from gunfire from her van’s distance. He believed it “would have been difficult.”

Second interview (July 8): Morris requested to speak with Williamson again. She described the rate of fire as rapid, consistent with a binary trigger. She said she knew only one person who had a weapon with a binary trigger.

Key statement from Morris (jury excused for names to be redacted):

“I don’t think it was an accident. A person set things up to have cover… I felt disgust and betrayal.”

“My suspicion is [a person] wanted to do this the whole time. To shoot someone. Have us all there with our guns… [his] jackoff fantasy… and get away.”

Morris described joining SRA in 2020, attending range days 6-12 times over 5 years at ETTS in Waxahachie and another range. Range days included new-shooter safety talks. At meetings they discussed anti-ICE topics, transgender rights, and politics. Agent McGuire showed Morris extractions from her Signal chats.

Morris also stated: “I mean, a person fucking shot someone in cold blood. I’m assuming it’s [that person]. I only heard one.”

Morris described the evening: group gathered at her Dallas house around 8 PM, departed around 9 PM, arrived at Prairieland around 10 PM. She wore “bloc” (dark clothing and mask to avoid identification), put her phone in a Faraday bag, others left phones at home.

Cross-examination (St. John for Morris):

Rangers historically preceded DPS; Williamson has been a Ranger for 5 years.
Morris said she never got out of the van. Williamson confirmed this.
She voluntarily spoke twice without requesting a lawyer.
She was emotional and cried during both interviews — perceived as authentic.
Prairieland is a private facility, not public property.
Nothing Morris possessed was illegal.
Based on her statement, she was never involved in the shooting.
Williamson: “I believe she was upset things didn’t go the way she thought.”
Second interview reflected more frustration. Defense noted she’d been in isolated cells for 3-4 days with only law enforcement contact.
Morris did not transport any fireworks.

Cross-examination (Hayes for Song):

Morris was consistent across interviews.
She may not have left her van — Williamson can’t prove she did.
Williamson’s language (“my suspicion is,” “I think”) indicates opinion, not fact.
Morris described hearing gunshots but did not describe multiple shooters — she believed there was only one shooter, and that was wrong.
Three distinct periods of shooting: initial volley (~8 shots in less than 1 second), Gross’s 3 shots, then a second volley of a few quick shots.
Hayes established that Williamson took Gross’s statement weeks later — and that Gross went home the same night of the shooting. Prosecution objected; jury was excused.

Contentious exchange re: Gross’s statement: Hayes argued that Gross left relevant information out of his written statement (specifically, that he pulled his gun and aimed it at someone’s back) and wanted to question the Ranger about this discrepancy. Judge Pittman was frustrated that Hayes had not filed a pretrial motion on this issue. Hayes explained he couldn’t have known what Gross would say on the stand until he said it. The judge took the matter under advisement over the lunch break.

Lunch break: 11:45 AM — 12:40/12:45 PM

Afternoon Session — Judge’s Ruling on Gross Statement Issue

Judge Pittman apologized to Hayes for being “curt and snapping” before lunch. He stated he had reviewed the testimony and the difference between Gross’s written statement and his trial testimony. The judge ruled that Hayes may question Williamson about discrepancies in Gross’s statement, but must keep it on “a tight rope.” He referenced his earlier ruling granting the motion to exclude self-defense.

The judge also addressed the jury about Lent and Ramadan dietary restrictions, and noted that federal judges have less control over courtroom logistics than state judges.

Cross-examination continued (Hayes for Song):

Gross’s written statement made no mention of pulling a gun and pointing it at someone’s back.
Morris also did not have all the information when she was interviewed.

Redirect (Prosecution — Smith): Smith introduced the concept of “minimizing” — witnesses minimize their involvement to protect themselves. Asked what indicated Morris was minimizing: Williamson said her claim of “no plan” was contradicted by Signal chats showing maps, demographics, reconnaissance photos, and camera awareness — “that takes some planning.” Williamson also testified he found it difficult to believe Morris could distinguish a binary trigger from her distance. He noted she said she’d heard that type of fire at range days.

Recross (St. John for Morris): “Everyone knows there is a distinct sound between fireworks and guns.” Williamson, a Texan gun owner, agreed.

Recross (Evetts attorney): If a lieutenant raises his weapon first and leaves that out of his statement, that could be an example of minimizing — same as Morris allegedly minimizing. Witness was forced to concede the parallel.

Witness: FBI Agent Patrick McGuire — Special Agent (5 years), Fort Worth, Violent Crime Task Force

McGuire participated in both Morris interviews and handled Signal chat evidence.

Direct Examination: McGuire recounted Morris’s July 5 statement largely consistent with Williamson’s account. He did not find her timeline credible — “She was pretty far from the shooting.” On July 8, McGuire received cell phone extraction data and went through Signal chats with Morris.

Exhibits 153-157 admitted — Signal chats from Morris’s device, including the “Discussion + News” group and the “Fourth of July Party” chat.

McGuire testified about Signal chat evidence the prosecution characterized as “planning”:

Exhibit 156, p.67: Discussion of a possible “rat” (informant) in the chat — Morris said “if there are 4 or more liberals in a chat, there’s likely law enforcement.”
Exhibit 154: Message noting a house on Tanglewood has a Ring doorbell camera — “activities would be visible.”
Signal handle “Champagne” (Song) wrote: “Rifles might make the situation more hot.” Another responded: “I think you’d be surprised — cops are not equipped for more than one rifle, it tends to make them back off.”
“Discussion + News” chats showed neighborhood demographics, racial composition of the area around PDC, and identification of who might be “friendly.”
Maps showing local police departments in relation to PDC, weather forecasts, and an aerial photo that McGuire characterized as an “on-foot escape route” (though the image itself did not contain text saying so — it was McGuire’s interpretation).
Morris placed her phone in a Faraday bag; others left phones at home — prosecution characterized this as “operational security indicating planning.”
Morris described her house on 56th Street in Dallas as where 4 people left in her vehicle and 2 in another car.
Morris was playing a Nintendo Switch in the van.

Cross-examination (St. John for Morris):

McGuire had been in law enforcement 8.5 years total. He assessed Morris as partly truthful, partly lying, partly omitting.
PDC is private but managed by the federal government.
Morris’s van was approximately half a mile from the shooting at the SW corner of the facility.
“What you believe doesn’t make it the truth, does it?” McGuire resisted, citing 15 years of experience. The judge had to push the witness to answer “No.”
First interview was approximately 30 minutes; second was 2+ hours.
Morris never set foot on US government property (to his knowledge).
No conversation in any of the Signal chats discussed wanting to harm anyone.
Morris was upset that a shooting occurred — defense argued this is “the complete opposite of trying to” cause harm.

Cross-examination (Clayton for Rueda): The “rifles more hot” message showed hesitation about bringing firearms. The conversation quickly changed topic. Weather planning was consistent with planning fireworks, not an assault.

Cross-examination (Luster for Autumn Hill):

Morris referenced encountering violent counter-protesters at prior events — people run over by vehicles.
Exhibit 153: Signal group chat called “Thursdays” — Autumn Hill was listed as a member.
Exhibit 154: “Discussion + News” — Autumn Hill was also on this list. But Autumn Hill was NOT in the “Fourth of July Party” chat. Defense: “If she was part of a conspiracy, wouldn’t she have been trusted enough to be in the chat?”
Messages from the D+N chat about noise demonstrations:
Sasha: “Sounds dope ASF. I’m worried about safety though.”
“N” (Morris): “Noise demos outside of jails are really dope and low risk. Folks here used to do one on NYE for a number of years.”
“These are pretty low risk… letter writing and noise demos are low risk, entry level…”
“I don’t know if folks have ever been to a noise demo before but they are pretty tame.”

Cross-examination (Hayes for Song):

McGuire assumed Morris’s Nintendo Switch had sound on — he never asked. Without sound, she could more easily have heard gunshots.
Morris’s information came only from her own experience and what law enforcement told her while incarcerated.
She was frustrated and upset during the second interview after days in jail.
McGuire frequently used the phrase “which I take as” in his report — defense established this as supposition, not fact.

Cross-examination (Burns for Liz Soto):

McGuire had not read the full “Fourth of July” chat.
Signal discussions about property lines showed a very narrow area where they were legally allowed to be — “sounds like they were trying to avoid breaking laws.”
Liz Soto’s name was not in the Fourth of July Party chat.

Redirect (Prosecution): Showed body camera video of Morris’s minivan. At 11:07 PM — 7 minutes after Gross was shot — the van is seen leaving the area. Prosecution suggested it appeared no one was in the van.

Recross (St. John for Morris): Pointed out condensation on the inside of the van windows in the video — consistent with someone sitting in a closed van for hours.

BREAK

Witness: Lynette Sharp — Cooperating Witness (in handcuffs and striped jumpsuit)

Sharp, of Wautauga/Highland Terrace, Fort Worth, was arrested July 13, 2025. She entered the courtroom handcuffed on the witness stand.

Exhibit 149 admitted — plea papers (19 pages). Sharp pled guilty to material support of terrorism (statutory maximum 15 years). The government agreed to charge only one count; without the plea, she faced potential charges carrying up to 41 years including attempted murder. A proffer/cooperation letter indicated her sentence could be reduced based on her testimony. She pled guilty November 2025 and signed the stipulated facts November 10/19 [note-takers disagree on exact date], 2025.

Stipulated facts: On July 4, an attack on PDC resulted in attempted murder of 2 federal officers and 1 police officer. On approximately July 5, Sharp learned co-conspirator #1 (Song) was hiding in the woods after escaping the scene. Sharp conspired to provide transportation, housing, and assistance — including masks, a wig, and clothing to disguise Song — and helped transfer Song to another co-conspirator’s car to evade law enforcement.

Direct Examination (Prosecution — Smith): Sharp described the social network among defendants:

Meeting Song: Met Song in Spring 2022 at a self-defense class at Finn’s Place, a community center in Fort Worth. Sharp found Finn’s Place through a table at a Pride festival/event. Song was teaching martial arts — “excellent teacher, soft spoken, intelligent, friendly.” Song went by “Champagne” and initially used any/all pronouns, later preferring she/her.

Signal and handles: Sharp joined Signal after showing up to a cancelled event. Her handles were “Candy Dynamite,” “Joan,” and “I am me.”

SRA and range days: Someone (not a defendant) invited Sharp to a “Gun & Tell” — an SRA event where people bring unloaded firearms and learn safety, grip, and stance. She became an SRA member and attended range days 6-8 times in Ferris, TX (“the Tire Fort”). Range days were “very safe” with strict hot/cold protocols.

Other defendants: Through SRA, Sharp met Maricela Rueda, Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto, and Savanna Batten. She met Rueda through “Johnny” (a non-defendant). Rueda and “Johnny” started a flirty relationship that went bad. Sharp served on the SRA’s conflict resolution committee and opened an investigation into a member named “Jack” who was “creepy toward femme people, especially minorities” — Rueda had reported inappropriate behavior. When asked why she didn’t go to police: “Cops don’t care about creepy men. By my own experience and almost everyone I know, they don’t do anything about sexual assault.”

ACAB: Sharp explained: “If 10 cops are in front of you and 2 are corrupt and 8 do nothing, those 8 are also corrupt.”

Morris and Hill: Met Morris at a karaoke night in January 2025. Song invited Sharp to visit “the big gray house with a bunch of gay people in it” where Morris and Autumn Hill lived. Morris used she/her pronouns.

Signal handles identified: Morris — “Herald of the Mad God”; Hill — “Not Beating the Little Creature Allegations” [phonetic]; Ines Soto — “N”; Liz Soto — “L”; Savanna Batten — “V” [note-taker ES records “B”].

Sanchez: Came to a weekly writing group at Rueda’s house. Sharp never saw Sanchez and the Sotos in the same room — they had a falling out.

Emma Goldman Book Club (EGBC): Rueda invited Sharp. They read zines about “philosophy, history, gender, identity.” Met monthly. 10-12 people attended. Ines Soto was a facilitator who helped guide discussions — “reading not as important as the discussion. Give BIPOC and LGBTQ people more space to speak.” The EGBC met at an “Apprentice Creative Space” in Dallas.

Exhibit 163 admitted — photos of EGBC events:

P.10: Table with zines at EGBC
P.13: Stickers and zines (ACAB, “Be Gay Do Crime,” anarchy symbols)
P.83-84: Zines including “If We Go, We Go on Fire”
P.190: Photo of people reading at EGBC — Sharp identified Ines Soto and Song in the photo.

De-arrest primer: Prosecution asked about a zine called “Dearest Primex” [phonetic] / “De-Arrest Primer.” Sharp testified Song discussed de-arrest tactics — “how it could be done physically. Cops aren’t expecting it, aren’t trained to deal with it, often react with weapons.” This was discussed outside EGBC, not at the book club itself.

Relationships: Sanchez and Rueda were married but in an open relationship. Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto, and Savanna Batten were a “thruple” (Sharp learned this from Rueda).

Zachary Evetts: Sharp knew him as “John Bell John” (Signal) / “John” (in person). Met him at Finn’s Place — “very good at martial arts, quiet.” Friends with Song and Rueda. Defense objected to the identification method (asking defendants to stand).

Courtroom incident — Song admonished: Jury was excused. Judge Pittman stated that someone reported Song was “mouthing words to somebody.” Song responded: “I believe my lips have been sealed this whole time. I haven’t opened my mouth at all.” The judge accepted this and recalled the jury.

Identification of defendants: Defense objected to the standing-identification method. Judge Pittman was irritated: “You’re objecting to the methods. Consider the limited resources we have here.” He took a break and told the defense attorney to “think about it.”

When court resumed, all nine defendants were lined up at the front of the courtroom in better lighting. The judge explained the courtroom’s limitations — poor lighting, overcrowding, limited space for 9 defendants, 20+ attorneys, marshals, paralegals, and a full gallery. He noted he had “complained all the way up to the US government about better wattage.” The lights were visibly brightened.

Sharp identified each defendant as they stepped forward: Evetts (“John Bell John”), Hill, Morris, Sanchez (“Des — Maricela’s husband”), Song, Ines Soto, Elizabeth Soto, Batten, and Rueda. Sharp began crying during the identifications. “I love them,” she said. The prosecutor pressed: “These were your friends, right?” “Yes.”

Affinity group and training: Sharp described Song’s “affinity group” — “a group of close friends with similar views, an inner circle.” Members included Song, Joy Gibson (handles “Foxglove” / “Rowan”), Morris, Sharp herself, Rebecca Morgan, Autumn Hill, and a woman named Lydia. They met at a house on 56th Street in Dallas (Morris’s house) for dry-fire drills, tactical YouTube videos, “how to move as a group,” and “clearing a house” with rifles. Sharp attended 6-8 times. She brought her own weapon.

“Like-minded” views: “We believed society was starting to break down. Worried about economic problems, weather problems. Having to fend for ourselves since the government won’t help.” On ICE: “We didn’t like it.” On the President: “Not favorable.” On calling him a fascist/Nazi: “Not everyone — can’t say everyone joined in.”

Fourth of July: Sharp was in the chat but could not attend due to family problems and issues with men in SRA being “creepy to minority women” and the central committee not addressing it. In the chat, Sharp wrote she couldn’t go and asked whether to stay to monitor or leave. Evetts responded that if she couldn’t make it, leaving was “probably better” for “operational security.” Sharp offered to send money for fireworks. She left the chat and deleted the messages.

Around 1 AM, Sharp heard in another chat that there was a problem. She checked DFW Scanner, read about an officer being shot. She expected Rueda and Song would have been at the event. She was “shocked to find out Ines, Liz, and Savanna were there because they never go to protests.”

Sharp drove toward PDC but couldn’t get close. Susan Kent (handle: “Atrean” / “Easy”) — who had come to Finn’s Place and maybe one range day — also couldn’t get close. They met at the Johnson County Sheriff’s office with bail money. At a Murphy’s USA parking lot, 5-6 people gathered including Evetts’s wife. They went to a Days Inn — “devastated.”

Helping Song escape: John Thomas (handle: “Juniper”), Song’s roommate, and Joy Gibson (handle: “Foxglove”/”Rowan”) were involved. Sharp received direct messages from Song, whose handle changed to “Deleted.” Exhibits 158, p.105, 108, 117, 123-126 were reviewed — these are Signal messages between Sharp and Song where Sharp helped Song escape from the woods near PDC. Sharp acknowledged: “I was trying to help him escape.”

Court adjourned at approximately 4:53 PM.

Judge addressed the jury: “Can you start tomorrow at 8:30? We didn’t get as far as I’d hoped today. Again I apologize about the lighting.”

Incidents and Atmosphere

Courtroom conditions: Judge Pittman went on extended rants about the courtroom’s poor lighting, small size, and overcrowding — “the smallest courtroom in the building,” built in the 1930s. He noted the fire marshal would say it’s not compliant. At one point his sound system fell off his desk. He complained he has lobbied the federal government for 6.5 years for better wattage. The lights were visibly brightened during the afternoon session.
Judge-Hayes conflict: Pittman criticized Hayes before lunch for not filing a pretrial motion regarding Gross’s statement discrepancies, then apologized after lunch for being “curt and snapping.” Multiple note-takers observed the judge “talking down to Hayes.”
Song admonished: Judge had jury removed after someone reported Song was mouthing words. Song denied it. Hayes “looked angry about the way the judge was treating” Song.
St. John misgendered his own client (Meagan Morris) during cross-examination.
Sleeping juror: Note-taker ES observed a “bowl cut haired juror in the second row sleeping” during the afternoon session.
Lynette Sharp’s emotional testimony: Sharp appeared in handcuffs and striped jumpsuit. When identifying defendants lined up before her, she began crying and said “I love them.” One note-taker observed: “It seemed to sink in for a minute what she was doing to them… but that didn’t last very long.”
Evidence cart in hallway: During a break, an evidence cart with black and red flags was rolled through the 4th floor hallway.
Next court date: Monday, March 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM (judge adding Monday sessions to stay on schedule before spring break). [Note: Wednesday March 5 session also referenced as “8:30 AM tomorrow” — trial appears to be running daily.]

Section 2: Full Notes

AC

AM

Recall Mrs Bennett
p. 1, 2, 5, 11, Revision
PSS p. 28-40, 45, 48, 55 & 58, all items came
from search of DDS parents house
Exhibit 65 admitted
p. 28 – A letter addressed to Des.
p 36 – letter addressed to Des
p 39 –
p 55 – Des is an artist / tattoo artist
@Des.tattooartist
p 58 writings, believed to be DMR,
not sent to handwriting expert
“What is a Riot, but freedom from justice…”
p 60 Book, DMR, highschool book
suggested from daughter
p 57 writings in one of journals appears to
be by DMR
‘Riots, Protests rightfully destroy Minneapolis’
written during George Floyd protests.

A were you there for search
W No.
A p.36, love note or poetry from DMR to Des
p. 58, are you aware DMR & Des used to
host poetry nights?
W No.

Next Witness – Agent Buckner, Special Agent
FBI, 22 years, FTW since 2008

Involved in 2nd search

W Sept. 15, went into Residence looking for
evid. of mass prop. of propaganda.
July search had large amount of
propaganda, 2nd was for mass production

W Printing equip appeared to be more commercial
in nature along w/ templates for propaganda.

PSS Some was protected 1st amendment, some
was Anarchy correct

W Y.

PSS Re Exhibit 77 & 79

W Equipment discovered in garage. Comm.
copier & book pressing machine & binder
machine.

W p. 80

PSS Learned by Sept.?

W That it was considered ANTIFA.

A Objection, 403 et, overruled

PSS p. 60

W Some type of paper cutting equip. commercial copies

(going over photo exhibit)
W binder, copier. I think thats a binder.
Boxes of paper etc. Thats the cutter
again.
PSS And thats shredded material again
W Yes.
W Mass produced books, mass produced
for some purpose.
W Thats a copy of the book.
PSS Innoculous book, but it demonstrates the
capacity of this thing
Yes.
Binders, 1st Aid Kit,
ANTIFA Flag
PSS Exhibit 194, objection, overruled
2nd Search
– ANTIFA flag

[drawings of flags: red, BK, red]

W The cutter machine & is too wide for most
doorways. Yes copier & cutter are very big

A Is that an ANTIFA flag or an Anarcho Commons flag

I did not know what an ANTIFA flag looks
like. That is not my exp. or expertise.

If you google an ANTIFA flag thats
what comes up.

Would you be surprised if this is a flag
for a movement of Spanish Civil war

W No.

A Did you read the book?
W I reviewed it.
It was a narration of an ind whose
sister suffers from cancer.

A 22 yrs ago you took an oath to defend
constitution? When you use the word propaganda.
it is protected
W Unless it promotes violence
Judge – There is another way to ask this.
there was nothing illegal?
W – No

A Paine 1776, John Davidson 1768, Otis
1764, all against the government @ the
time.

Judge: There is nothing illegal about speaking
out against current gov. That is protected.
W: Yes.

A: The book, theres a photo w/ a mask,
do you know what that is
W No
A Its a chemo mask worn by sister.
A Mass printing not illegal
Do you know where flag found?
W It was rolled up on a shelf.
A And you had to google ANTIFA flag.
W I specialize in International Terror, not
domestic

A You aware my client & husband run a
book club? And they read books & zines

— Next Witness —
FBI, 9 years, Dallas office, ERT Unit
Evidence collection. Involved in 2 searches
Exhibit 81 – (Photos of evidence from residence &
cars)
W map downtown FTW, one w/ x’s over government
buildings
p 4, All pages were folded together on front
table.

p 8 Apartment Search.
W Vehicle search @ FBI office following seizure
PSS Song was arrested in apartment

Exhibit 106 Admitted (photos of car)
W Initial entry photograph
Item #2 in back seat of vehicle.
#3 in center console
W black mask & gloves in center console
manual on intervention
5+6 from backseat by passenger
July 13, receipt from day b4 arrested
for ‘female’ clothes
Item 7 – 1st Aid Kit.
black masks
generic flyer
PSS p. 49, 50, Are those similar to things found
in DSB house?
W Yes.

A Vehicle search was for DRM, that did not
belong to DSB correct?
W Yes
A Exhibit 8, p 4, 1 bdrm apt in dwntwn FTW.
W I don’t know. His at FTW address
A page 7 – mail addressed to DSB. Did anything
suggest anyone other than DSB lived there?
W No
A This was July 9, 5 days after. July 4
DSB was arrested. She’d been in jail
5 days b4 search. And SWAT assisted
in the search, broke a window & damaged
door. There was no other way to get in?
W I wasn’t a part of the SWAT team
was not part of execution
A Search was 57 minutes long.
During the search did you collect any
firearms, fireworks, explosives, insurrectionist
materials, ANTIFA lit, tactical gear etc.?
W No.
A So the only thing you collected was this
map?
W Yes
A Heard of No Kings Protest?
W Yes
A Aware there was one being planned Oct 2025+
DSB was helping to plan protest?
W No

Judge – you are testifying for him, if he
doesn’t know he doesn’t know

A Could it be a route for a protest?
W It’s possible.
JUDGE – “To be clear nothing you seized is inherently illegal correct”
W correct

PSS Ex 201 pg. 18,
Near 820 loop.
Shooter was still @ large during this
search. And Soto apt close to DSB?

OBJECTION – Sustained, PSS was doing
testifying.
Shows Soto residence & DSB close on
map.

WITNESS – Audrey Brent
FBI Task Force (1 1/2 years), terrorism
FTW Detective

PSS shows cooler found @ facility
W July 5th around 7PM, we walked it.
N end of Sunflower Ln, found the
cooler.

PSS p. 60, walk thru – where found
W N. end of Sunflower. Sitting by itself
@ the end of the lane. Partially open,
you could see fireworks inside.

PSS What is in there.
W Various fireworks of diff. kinds
PSS Narrate

W R&W cooler, w/ fireworks inside
— cross exam
W Partially open
A Anything else around?
W No. I photographed cooler & transferred
to Evidence tech.
A 52 p. 14, that is fully open?
W That is a photo from the day before
A Did someone forget to pic this up?
W I can only assume.
A Picked up on concrete?
W Yes.
W When I was there it was just the fireworks
A Was it wet or soggy?
I do not recall.
A How did you store?
W I only transported it to Alvarado. In our
vehicle.
A Is Alv. PD Evid room equipped to store
explosives?
W I do not believe so.
A The cooler was found after crime scene
released correct?
W Yes.
A Did you document? How many items
I did not inventory, I did not want
to contaminate

A These FWK are commercially available yes?
W Yes.
A Are you familiar w/ FWK classification?
W N.

JUDGE – Not anything illegal about owning
FWK correct?
W. Correct.
— cross exam
PSS – Do you know when shooting was
W Idk
PSS Around 11PM
W Yes
PSS How late were you there?
W 2 – 3 Am

W I was there July 4th till 3 or 4 in morning.
PSS Is photo from July 4th of cooler in
same location as when you found it?
W Yes.
PSS You only recovered cooler & FWK no
debris, extra material?
W Yes.

— cross exam.
A Are you aware Fire Marshall on scene?
They would know how to handle explosives.
Did you contact them?
W. No.

BREAK – until 10:45

— Next Witness —
Tyler – TX Ranger
5 years
Off. involved shooting
Lead on Scene

PSS Conversation w/ DMM.
W July 5 myself & FBI McGuire & DMM @
sheriff county office.
PS Arrested 9 hrs previously. Appeared of
sound mind?
W Yes.
PSS + U read her miranda rights.
W Yes.
PSS Read them for us now.
W (reads rights)
PSS Y FBI there?
W Based on the type of investigation we
were working together.
PSS What was her birthname?
W Bradford Morris
W Arrived about 10 pm, Wildwood & Burnett
& she describes some of the equipment she
brought.

PSS
W She said she brought her gear: Rifle,
vest & several hand held radios
PSS She indicate another person.
yes
Did she say others brought FWK
Others brought rifle

W Said she heard about protest from
Signal chat “Discussion & News”.
PSS What did she say about plan?
W She didn’t know a plan, just going
to set off fireworks.
W She said sometimes protests
dangerous & brought rifle. Her job to
stay in vehicles & protect from vandalism &
to drive down w/ rifles if needed.
PSS Did she say pple walked past her?
W Y she radioed 3 ppl arrived.
W She did not recognize voice, but they
said they were friendly.
W Said she couldn’t hear FWK, but could
hear gunfire.
PSS (shows location FWK & gunshots)
W After gunshots & officers past her she
attempts to leave. She did not have a
plan.
PSS Did u believe her.
W parts of it.

W From where she was it would be hard
to distinguish FWK from gunshots
PSS Where questioned.
Johnson C. Sheriff office
PSS Story seemed to change.
W DMM reached out to talk to us again.
DMM – started off describing rate of fire.
Rapid. Binary Switch
PSS In your opinion could she tell that from
location of car?
W No

PSS What did bodycam sound like to you?
W Firearm equipped w/ binary trigger
W While explaining rate of gunfire she
said she only knew 1 individual w/ a
weapon like that.
(PSS asks W to read what DMM said.
A objects. J – I already made a ruling
on that, does PSS intend to violate my
ruling.)
PSS Read Statement
W DMM: “I don’t think its an accident he set
it up to have all those pple there.
I felt disgust & betrayal”
DMM joined SRA in 2020, met an ind.
online @ Range Days.
PSS: Where were Range Days?
W ETTS in Waxahachie, & one other
Weapons safety, etc.
W Yes always a new shooter talk

W She has in 5 yrs attended 26
PSS Did she discuss politics & Anti-ICE
W Y @ times they discussed ANTI-ICE
topics, Trained KYR & Politics &
general.
W Agent Barr had extraction from Signal chat
PSS Did Morris say anything more about
(p. 16)
W DMM – “I mean a person Fking shot
someone in cold blood I’m assuming its
(that person) I only heard one”.

PSS She describe staying @ house on 4th?
W Yes. Exp. @ about 8PM arrived @
her house & departed about 9 PM.
Brought rifle eye, hearing protection, vest,
flashlight.

W She described it as being in Blok.
(BLK clothing/mask)
PSS Did you know what she meant by BLK?
W No.
PSS
W She sd when she left she gave c. phone
to indi. who placed in faraday bag,
then placed in bkpk.
PSS –
W – remember maps & diagrams in chats to
know who may be friendly to the
cause.
PSS Paragraph 25
W DMM – “my suspicion is (person) wanted to
do this whole time…”
OBJECTION. 903 Speculation. Overruled
W “to shoot someone. Have us all there
to help him. Fking do his little jack off
fantasy and get away w/ it.”
PSS What did others do w/ cell phone?
W I do not recall
PSS Read your notes from the nite?
W Others left their phones @ home.

CROSS –
A Back in the day Rangers were not part of
DPS?
W Correct
A You’ve been Ranger 5 years?
W Y. Have to have 8 years law enforcement,
4 w/ DPS.
A DMM said never got out of van?
W Correct.
A Show where DMM car located that night.
W Area of Burnett & ( ) wood
A (can’t hear) You honored Miranda Rights? (Yes)
She shared info voluntarily X2? (Yes)
Did she cry?
W Yes, sir she was emotional.
A Described lived in Dallas & met pple
online drove down to Alvarado. To
Private facility, not public facility.
A How long to arrive?
W About an hour
A Did another Ranger join you?
W Ranger DJ Hill
A Where did you talk?
W Interview Room
A w/ who.
W myself, DMM & FBI Barr

She was emotional throughout both interviews

A Based on what she said was there
anything against the law?
W No.
A Based on her statement she was never involved
w/ shooting w/ anyone?
W Based on her statement, she was not
A Why do you think she is upset during statement?
W Believe she was upset things didn’t go
the way she thought it was going to.
5th – 1st interview
8th – 2nd interview
Notified by sheriffs off. that she requested
to speak to me.

A You can imagine after 3-4 days being
locked up she would be upset & frustrated.
They were kept in single cell & only
talked w/ law enforcement. (W – I can imagine)
You use a lot of “I think” & opinions
in statement.
W pple talk differently.
A She described sit. where LTG did not
shoot back?
W She did not describe mult. pple shooting.
A Did she actually say she didn’t hear a
2nd shooter
W I believe she said one
A And that would be wrong
W Yes.
A 3 distinct periods of shooting
W Yes.

8 rounds heard, 1 second or less,
3 shots @ end.
A. Did you see LTG @ hospital?
W No. I took his statement a couple weeks
later.
A They get a courtesy few weeks to talk
to lawyers?
W Yes. Due to the nature of his injuries.
11:48 Lunch – 1 hr.

PM

Objection overruled.
Allowed to question LTG credibility
LTG testimony is the reason no self-defense allowed

APH – LTG statement – did you ask any questions or followup?
No.
Did he mention pulling a gun + pointing it at someone’s back?
W No.
DMM also didn’t have all the info when she talked to you?
W correct

PSS familiar w/ term minimizing
W pple minimize the amount of their role to protect themselves
PSS You interviewed her X2? How long?
W a couple hours.
PSS Context of 2nd shooter?
W Nothing came up in interviews
PSS In terms of minimization w/ DMM?
W Mostly that hearing there was no plan, but looking @ Signal there clearly was
a plan.

PSS
W my understanding people from early protest took photos
PSS Recon Plan

W Yes. Showed preplanning.
W. I feel it would have been [?] difficult to distinguish b/t gunfire + fwk.
She indicated she knew the rate of fire from being at the gunrange

CROSS
A You grew up in TX
W Yes
A Us Txans have guns
W Yes
A + we shoot FWK
W Yes
A + there is a distinction b/t Firearm + FWK
W Yes

A DMM credibility – You shared she didn’t have all the facts. Her info could be
inaccurate b/c minimizing or b/c she doesn’t have all the facts.
W Y.
A So minimizing could be omitting a fact
W Raising weapon is conducting duties [?]

Witness Agent Patrick Meguire
FBI – FTW – 5yrs
Crime Task Force
was in interview w/ DMM
Signal chats.
W July 5th – after Miranda warnings she tells me she arrives w/ mult. other people in mini-van, parked in Burnett + Wildwood. Other vehicles already there. Upon arrival mult. other people in the area + a car w/ fireworks.
She said she brought her rifle along w/ mult. other pple. Along w/ body armor etc.
Asked why she would bring those?
For personal protection.
PSS How did she meet these pple.
W Signal chat – “Discussion + News”
Very little planning / Spontaneous event
PSS ~~Ask about~~ Did you ask about why …
W She used radio to check on pple coming in + was told they were friendlies.
She heard FWK, then gunfire. Waited 2 min then left. Saw police walk by van and drove off. No plan where she is going, just left.
PSS Did she seem credible
W The timeline isn’t consistent w/ other evidence

PSS b/t interviews were you able to provide cell phone extractions from her phone (Yes)
PSS Cell Right extraction – you plug into a machine + it dumps everything into a file.
p. 66 – chats from Signal chat.
ex 156 p3 – chat, “4th of July Party”
PSS You chatted w/ DMM about this chat (Yes)
ex 157 – Photos of group chat
ex 153 + 157 admitted
ex 145 – Describe what DMM told you abt rate of fire
W. She described as a binary trigger. A bi. trigger is similar to auto-gun fire.
She had been to different ranges + had heard firearms w/ binary triggers.
Advised she is part of SRA + they would conduct trainings. Said she had been 6-12 times.
PSS Read p145
W DMM – “I didn’t think it was an accident a person set this up so they can get away”
“I felt disgust + betrayal”
W She had been to 2 ranges TX Defense, + ETT.5. She described fires, primarily
standing, non-moving targets.
PSS Political views?
W Video games, politics, ICE
Anti-ICE?
W generally Anti ICE

W stated they were afraid of ICE

D+N = Discussion + News
PSS p67 – Talk of a rat in the chat
W She advised if it or more in chat there is most likely a mole in the chat,
convo @ 3pm of July 4th.
Heraldtothe MadGod – Signal handle.
→ “hmm that confines it too a pretty small space I would not be surprised if they arrest us.”
p. 144 “House on corner of Tanglewood has a ring door cam, so activities would be visible.”
PSS Which denotes planning?
W Yes
p 80, Foxglove + DMM talking, Champagne
(Signal) “Rifles might make the situation more hot”

(Signal) “I think you’d be surprised cops are not equipped for more than one rifle, it tends to make them back off”

“From end, Demographic of neighborhood,”
M, from D+N chats is checking out neighborhood.

Absolutely for sure. There is a Rat in the D+N chat for sure
After they run on something to make chats disappear.

What is Faraday bag?
Bag law enforcement use to stop signal.
For OPSEC pple left phones @ home
ex 157 – daytime protest 10a – noon
PSS As w/ this group, they often send innoculous things (pic of flowers)
pic of facility
pic of Resist Facism Banner
pic of land around facility, X’s on government land, green on public demographic map, just East of that is the facility.
W It was planning on who would be friendly in the neighborhood.
PSS – group was looking @ racial comp of neighborhood adjacent to PDC?
W. Yes.
PSS Map of PD near PDC
Zoomed out w/ circle around PDC
Mansfield, AW, Burleson, Grandview Police Departments circled.
P. 15 – planning for the weather for the days @ facility
Map showing escape route (would have to be done [circled] on foot) Escape route
implied by map image, not in words.

“I mean someone shot someone in cold blood. I’m assuming it’s that person. I only heard
one gunshot.

PSS

W 24922 56th St.

W indicated a large # lived w/ her
PSS Did she ind. pple stayed @ FSSL
4 pple in vehicle + 2 in a diff car left from her house.

W She was playing a Nintendo Switch.

PSS Had you heard term Black Bloc?
W No. She described as blocking her identity.

[circled] PSS – Pg 5 Read middle
W – Dmm – “my sus. is a pos. wanted to do this this whole time. They wanted us all w/ our guns there… jackoff fantasy…”

cross exam

W I just know this as an ICE Facility.
A. What time did you arrive?
W 1am – 2am 5th
A. Client said she was in her van the whole time & you don’t believe her?
W No, she was 1/2 a mile away & had too much knowledge of events.

A Shooting occurred @ SW corner of facility. Van drove away to 67 immediately after shooting.
W Her statement says that. I know she was traffic stopped on 67
A What you believe doesn’t make it the truth does it?
W I believe in over 15 years of law enforcement experience.
A – Judge has to push W to say No.
A 1st interview 30 min.
2nd 2 hrs.
A. Do you know if she ever went on prop.managed by U.S. gov?
W. Not that I know of.

AM – “rifles more hot” [?], perceived as trep. about having guns.
W. I don’t know how rain would affect FWK.

W. Referenced prior protest w/ vehicular assault.
Signal chat – “Thursdays”
A. What is significance?
W. Idk
A They regularly met Thursdays.

P. 18, exh. 154, Discussion & News
PSS There are pple you never ID, correct?
W No.
PSS You can’t say everyone in chat agrees w/ everything everyone says correct?
W correct.
PSS In this Sasha says:
W “Sounds dope ASF, I’m worried abt safety though”
Dmm “Noise demos outside of jails are really dope & low risk, folx here used to do
one on NYE for a # of years.”
“These are pretty low risk, letter writing & noise demos are low risk, entry level…”
1st text – “Idk if folks have ever been to a noise demo b4 but they are pretty
tame”
“Really cool xp on both sides”

EX 156 “4th of July Party”
A (p. 80) “Rifles make it more hot”
“I think you’d be surprised…”
So responder saying rifles will stop cops from escalated.
W. I took it as meaning the cops could be scared.

W I believe her statements inconsistent
A. You just assumed video game has sound?
W Yes. That’s how you normally play video games.
A. w/o sound could she have heard gunshots?
Yes.

A All of her knowledge base on what law enforcement told her?
W And her 1st hand experience.
A. She was frustrated, upset, mad @ interview?
W. Yes @ times.

A You did not review all chats?
W No.
A. You recall the discussion of boundaries of public vs. private property?

A One they say the strip is so narrow the cops will arrest them for stepping to close

A It seems they were trying not to break any laws.

A Not all defendants in 4th July chat?
W No

CROSS EXAM, EXH 17
PSS 23.04.30 (after shooting, video of minivan)
23.07.47 (47 sec after shooting)
You see minivan drive past parked Police cars. Asked about belief vs. fact.

Exh. 19.

Break
**Next Witness –
Lynette Sharpe
6545 Highland Terrace FTW, TX
Lived in TX since 2009
Arrested July 13, 2025 around noon
Ex. 149 Plea papers, 19 pgs
PSS In doc gov agree to plea guilty to material support in Terrorism charge. Primary
promise, only charging 1 count of Terror. Stat max of 15 years in prison. Plea has given substantial benefit.
PSS Last 3 pages, if the gov. agrees you provide substantial evidence, you get plea deal. 2nd part is you may get a sentence longer than 15 years.
Cooper Letter – shows current cooperation
Plead guilty last year. pg. 10.
On July 4 engaged in attack on PDC & attempted murder of 2 fed officers & 1 police officer. On around July 5 Sharpe learned co-consp was hiding in woods
Knowingly Sharpe helped provide transport,housing & assistance to help conceal
co-conspirator 1. Sharpe gave masks etc. to conceal identity then helped transfer
co-cons. to another co-consp. car.

1st met Song Spring of 2022 @ Finn’s place for a self-defense class taught
by Song.

Heard about Finns place from table @ PRIDE festival.
PSS Was this a parade
W Just an event w/ alot of pple
PSS More of a festival

Tell us what tabling is?

W Pple give info to public pamphlets etc.
What was Song doing @ Finn’s?
W Teaching Self Defense, hanging out.
Who else in room there.
W No other defendants

Slowly, hes very helpful, friendly, intelligent,
soft spoken. I was being threatened & needed self defense

Just Martial Arts
Nickname?
Champagne.
Did he intro as Champagne?
I think so, he was very quiet.

W @ 1st I was going Monday and DCS was just hanging out.
Did you and DCS use messaging.
W found out about messaging app after showing up & it was cancelled.
PSS Did you use a Moniker?
Candy Dynamite, Joan
PSS Did DCS intro self as man or woman?
It didn’t matter

PSS What pronouns did he prefer?
W any/all, later she/her
@ 1st I used he/him b/c of martial arts, then asked pronouns
PSS Who else have you gotten to know in court?
W I know DAH. They came to event @ Finn’s Place.
Someone not here invited me to a Gun & Tell to teach gun safety. Sorry if remembering
wrong. Thats where I met DCS for the 1st time

W Gun & Tell = come w/ no ammunition. Safety,
grip, stance
PSS Did you b/c member of SRA
Y.
Did you do range days?
Yes, I’ve gone 6-8 times. In Ferris,TX. Past Dallas Lots of times everywhere.
Who else did you know through SRA?
W DMR, through gun & tell, DLS, DIS,
DSB

You met DMR through SRA?
W No, I think through John/Johnny.
DMR started coming around her & John got flirty started a relationship – it got
bad. I was on conflict resolution committee.Investigating Jack
Jack = creepy towards BIPOC ladies, touched too much too long

PSS Did DMR say Jack inappropriate to her
W Asked if it was ok to open case about it. DMR said yes, b/c there were other
women
PSS Why didn’t you go to the cops?
W b/c cops don’t care abt creepy men. By my own exp. & almost everyone I know
they don’t do anything SA.
PSS Restorative Justice
W – It was new to me. I used to be Rep. It doesn’t kick someone out.

PSS You believe ACAB? What’s that mean?
Its a system prob not the ind in front of you. If 10 cops are in front of you and 2 are corrupt and I do nothing. Those 8 are are corrupt.
PSS And the other D agree?
W Believe so, but idk.
W Met DMM @ Karaoke night. Jan. 2025
PS Did you know where DAH & DMM live
W Big House w/ a bunch of gay pple in it.
PSS & DMM & DAH live there?
Yes.

PSS DMM – male/F? Pronouns?
W She/her
PSS Their handles
DMM – herald of mad god. DAH – NOT.
DIS = I DAS = L [?]
PSS – You know Des.
W – He come to writing group & @ DMM House

Never saw Des in same room & Sotos
DMR invited me to Emma Goldman Bookclub
We would take turns reading zines
PSS What about?
W Mostly philosophy, history, gender identity

Exhibit 163, p. 10 –
Jury asked to step out. Song accused of mouthing words. DCS says she didn’t
open mouth.

PSS – muted photo – tablecloth w/ zines on it
p. 13 – Stickers & zines
p. 83 – Zines of EGBC @ Apprentice Creative Space
p. 84 – ” “
p. 190 – ” ” w/ pple reading, pts out
INES
P10, 13, 84, 83, 190
PSS P. 10 – Zoom in on pamphlets
W Zines provided by EGBC, (DLS, INS, DSB)
PSS – “Dearest Primex”
W – Dearest – if friends are arrested @ a protest it was a way to get them free.
PSS – Its a tactic correct
Discussed @ EGBC? (No.)
Handed out there? (Yes.)
PSS What Song said about dearest
How it could be done?, Physical way to do it. Cops aren’t expecting it to happen.
That they aren’t used to it & won’t react w/ weapons

p. 13 — ACAB Sticker, common w/ EGBC?

Yes, just stickers etc.
“Be gay, Do crime” sticker
Anarchy sticker
W – we discussed that idealogy, some believed it, some didn’t
PSS p. 83 zine “If we go, we go on fire”
W – ex of zine read @ EGBC.
PSS p 190 — Photo of pple reading
PSS How often did they meet?
W met 1x/month
PSS Who is in the photo?
W DIS, DCS,
PSS Is this # of pple common?

10 – 12ish?
Yes
How often did you attend
Every month. Prob. good 6-8 mon. after Spring of 2022.
Did DMR introduce you

Was DIS moderator?
No. Guided discussion
“Reading not as important as the discussion. Give BIPOC & LGBT pple more space to
speak.
DDSE & DMR Friction
Married & open in their relationship

PSS DLS & DSB
As far as I knew they were in a throuple
PSS An intimate relationship?
I never saw. From what I assume.
John Bell John
W Met @ Finn’s Place, very good @ martial arts.

Friends w/ DCS for quite some time
DMR & John flirty.

J: Do we have to over lawyer everything. I did not notice the shirt until 3. Every space taken up,very dim & very poor lighting. Says A disrespectful.
(OBJECTION over incl. standing to be identified)
3:54 — Judge takes a break for A to think about it.

J: B We will have trial Monday.
One of things part. irritating w/ trial w/ this many folks, lines of sight are
impeded. We have 20 att, case agent, 2 paralegal, several marshalls & every seat
in gallery… For 6½ yrs I’ve complained about lighting. When combine dim lighting
w/ crowds, it can be hard to see along w/ several monitors…
Ms. Sharpe I’m concerned you may have had diff. seeing D. I’ve lined them up for you
to see.

J has each D step forward ind. to be ID’ed
IDs “John Bell John” (DZE),
DAH, DMM, “DeS” (DDSE) (rec. as DMR
husband), DCS, DIS, DLS, DSB, DMR
(started crying while IDing)

W I love them.
PSS Its your friend
right
PSS DZE as John Bell John
W Just John in person.
PSS Range days, how many did you attend?
6-8x
exh. 173 (video)

Did not know Des on Signal in any of her groups.

10 seconds
Points out targets
W – 1 or 2 pple. Maybe Rebecca Morgan?
Heard DCS voice. I think the shooter is Rebecca Morgan.
PSS Whose weapon is that?
Can’t be certain. I think DCS? All guns look the same to me.

W I think the feet in video DCS

W I laughed & said “I’m scared”

pl ex 173
W Typical guns & tell, pple have their rifles on a table.
Bi-pod w/ scope
Table full of rifles w/ chambers open to show they are safe.
W FSSL — DCS invited to do training w/dry fire drills. AKA Affinity group
PSS Who was in affinity group?
W Joy Gibson, Megan Morris, Rebecca Morgan [?],
DAH, DCS, myself.
Aff. group — group of close friends w/ similar views.
PSS
W Dry fire drills. Tactical videos. How to move as a group. Led by DCS.
PSS How many weapons in FSSL?
Maybe 6?
Taught how to clear a building.
Went to FSSL 6-8x.
PS What was likeminded
W In general, we blve. society starting to break down. Economic problems, weather prob. Having to fend for ourselves since the gov. won’t help.
P Views on Aliens being incarcerated
W We didn’t like it. We didn’t agree
P View of President
W Not favorable
P View Pres as Nazi or Fascist?
W I don’t think we ever said that

P You are part of 4th of July chat.
I wasn’t very focused on that chat. was dealing w/ fam. problems & abuse w/in SRA. There were pple on central committee..
J How is this relevant?
P I can move on. July 4th chat. Ultimately you could not go to PDC that night.

ex156 p 8 – (signal chat)
DMR & DMM +
Tell them I can’t go, can’t leave house, should I stay in chat to monitor or just leave.
DZE “I can send $ now if you need it or wait to contribute after if needed.”
Cofficed to pay for FWK
DZE – if you aren’t going its good OPSEC to leave & check back later.

PSS – So if these ind. in chat get in trouble you have plausible deniability.

page 15 – W leaves the group message,then she deletes from her device

4th July Party chat? You don’t go?
W No.

W 1 AM, another chat says there is a problem,I looked @ DFW Scanner. Was contemplating
going to bed. We had so many group chats. Too many.

Signal Messages
exh/58, p105, m 795-799
p 108, 824 & 825
p 117, 905
p 123 960 ~~[illegible]~~ 961, 962
p 124 968
P This all you trying to help DCS escape PDC. Correct
W Yes.
p 126 983-984

p 125 978-979

— 8:30 AM TOMORROW —

ES

AM

Judge: Thank you for being on time. Please do
introductions

Smith – Prosecutor
Cofer – Autumn Hill
McClain – Evetts
Hayes – Song
Tolbert – Batten
St. John – Morris
Clayton – Rueda
Sherman – L. Soto
Burns – Soto

Weinbel [?] – Sanchez

Recall State’s witness Agent Bennett

Exhibits (1, 2, 5, 11 items changed)
Revised admission of rule 65
Did not talk w/ anyone about testimony
Items from Garland Apartment
moved to admit pages 28-40,
45-48, 55-58, 60 – admitted
P28 (Exhibit 65) – Letter addressed
to Des
[margin note:] witness is smiling
Yesterday also saw a letter addressed
to Des – P36 – this letter is signed
P38 “Mari”
w/ witness thinks this is Rueda’s
handwriting
P39 – example of handwriting
P55 – Mr. Sanchez is a tatoo artist
signed @des.tatooart
P58 – writings believed to be Ms. Rueda
mentions “riot” + “injustice”
What is a riot but freedom from
injustice, burn everything that
was not meant for us ….
P60 – visitor pass to a highschool from 2018 [?]
Mari has a daughter
2019 [?]
would her daughter have been in highschool
riots protests rightly destroy …. (2020) 10k [?]

Cross examination A2 Sanchez

was not at search
Love note dated 2017
P58 – poetry – Are you aware that
Ms. Rueda & Mr. Sanchez hosted

open mic nights + are poets? No

State’s witness Agent Morris Bogner

22 years w/ the FBI
in FW since 2008
on the counterterrorism squad since 2010
involved in the 2nd search of the Soto’s residence
sept 15 entered looking for mass production
of propaganda
1st search found literature + took photos
of commercial printers + templates
they wanted to know exactly what was
being printed
1st amendment, anarchy -type stuff right? yes sir
shows photos of printing equiptment in the
garage – commercial copier, papercutter,
binder
page 80 – shows red + black flag
what did you learn? “it was
considered an antifa flag”
objection 403 etc – overruled
79, 60-77, 80 admitted
objection – do not see pg 100 – overruled
P16 – papercutting equiptment, not 100%
sure
next page – commercial copier
“I believe that was the binder”
next page copier
next page – binder again
boxes of paper
next paper: paper cutter again
shredded paper
paper cutter again
“mass produced books that they
were mass producing for some
purpose”
picture of completed book
more copies of book, some not completed
binding material?, yes
“first aid kit recovered in the apt” – witness
“another IFAK?” – prosecutor R: yes
antifa flag
witness is handed flags that were
hanging in the garage
Exhibit 194 from 2nd search – overruled
evidence will be admitted
“this was the antifa flag that was
shown in the picture”
slight distinction – anarcho-communist
flag
solid black and solid red flags
shown
how much space did the printing
equipment take up? they’re big
“I’ve never seen one”

Cross examination by

was it an antifa flag? we thought
it was at the moment of the search
was not aware that it was an

anarcho-communist flag

idk what that means
Mr. Smith clarified that it was an
anarcho-communist flag?
would it surprise you to learn that
it was a symbol used during the
Spanish civil war
what illegal materials were the [?] processes [?]
create
topic of the book: shown [?] narrating the death
of their sister who was dying from
a brain tumor

Cross ex

22 years ago you took an oath to
defend the constitution
all agents take that oath
when you use the word “propaganda,”
you’re referring to legally protected
1st Amdt material

Cross ex

commercial printer in the garage
Gutenburg press
part of US history that
people print against the current gov
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
James Otis’ “Right of the British colonies [?]
robust history of people speaking
out against the gov, even
printing

Cross ex

do you have evidence that anything
“propaganda was printed by them”
only the book re: chemo
found mask – was a chemo mask
that belong to their sister
IFAKs, books, not illegal
flag [?] was
“you’re on the terrorism unit,
and you have to google what
an antifa flag looks like?” Redirect
tons of pamphlets collected
Sotos were mass producing
propaganda

Cross ex Harmony

were you aware that my client
their husband run a book club?
w: “I don’t know what zines
mean”
they read books + zines

States witness Mark VanHorn

FBI special agent – Dallas office
respond to crime scenes to collect evidence
involved in 2 searches (Batten’s apt
and Rebecca Morgan car)
pictures of maps collected during the
search of Batten’s apt – evidence 81 submitted
maps of downtown Ft. Worth with
X’s on government buildings including
the courthouse
pages were folded together on the front
table where they were found
package w/ her address
Exhibit 106 – pictures from search of
R M vehicle after seizure of vehicle.
search took place at Dallas field office
Evidence admitted
Avg 1 [?]
Evidence item # – megaphone
closer up photo of evidence
#2 toiletry bags
#3 found inside center console – the black
mask and gloves – basic ski mask
w/ eye slits
#4 manual on descalation
5+6 – clothes in a bag and receipt
shows purchase on July 15
- a few days before Song’s arrest
- appear to be female clothes
7 – IFAK
8 – black masks
9 – generic flyer
– back of vehicle as it was
Exhibit 79 pgs 49-50 – Are those
things similar to what you found
in Savanna Batten’s apt? yes
shows maps
witness briefly said he was at
the Soto’s search but quickly corrected
and said he wasn’t there

Cross-ex Tolbert

Exhibit 106 – vehicle search for
Rebecca Morgan – not Savanna
searched Savanna’s apt
please display E81 page 4
(map)
one BR apt in Fort Worth
mail addressed to Batten
No evidence of anyone else
living there
search executed on July 9
5 days after the evidence
Batten arrested on July 4
SWAT team executed clearance
before the search
SWAT team broke window +
damaged interior door to get
in
was there no other way?
“I’m not on the SWAT team, I can’t
speak to that”
He was
Search was 57 minutes long, as
written by witness in report
small apartment
I will list items. Did you collect them?
firearms – no
body armor – no
explosives – no
fireworks – no
ammunition – no
insurrectionist lit – no
membership lit – no
antifa lit – no
tactical gear – no
The only thing collected was the map
(P4) of downtown fort worth
Have you heard of the No Kings protest?
No Kings protest on June + October 2025
Did you know Savanna was planning the No Kings?
Objection – defense is testifying – sustained
collected because of interest, specifically
mentioned government buildings
says “skinny” – could possible refer to
a skinny street for a protest route
X’s could refer to places to avoid? they could
Judge clarifies: There was nothing seized that
was illegal to own? correct

Prosecutor’s Redirect:

near the 820 loop
shooter was at large when search took place
map looks similar to the map
taken from the Soto’s residence
Objection Tolbert – sustained
Soto residence @Cowden is
relatively close to Batten’s apartment

Witness excused

State’s witness Officer Andrea Grant

FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force
for 1.5 years
also works with DallasPD
involved in Prairieland investigation
cooler located near PDC
arrived on the scene the second
night / they walked the scene
to make sure nothing was missed.
Found cooler on the North End of
Sunflower Lane
it was sitting by itself, nothing
around, partially opened, could
see fireworks inside
Exhibit 46 – Admitted
FBI agent
shows red + white cooler w/
fireworks inside. Agent holds
up two different packages of
fireworks

Cross ex officer Grant by A2 Morris

only cooler collected
I believe it was partially opened,
I don’t recall exactly
Did you assign it an evidence marker
photographed it in place rather
than use tags because the crime scene
had been release
implication that someone had forgotten
the night before to pick up the evidence
only photo in evidence is with lid open
witness did not see wetness,
did not dry fireworks, did not
store it, only transported in their
car that day
4 types of magazines for storing
explosives
it would need 1″ wood walls / metal
this cooler does not have
crime scene was released,
- cooler was seen approx 12 hours later,
she did not go through the evidence
cannot guarantee the validity of things
that were left behind

Cross ex A M Clayton

fireworks are commercially available
not design to breech
UNO 336, 1.4G classifications
Judge asks witness: There’s not anything
illegal about owning fireworks, is it?

Redirect

Does not remember exact time
of shooting. Approx. 11pm
People remained on scene until
2-3pm
this witness arrived + stayed
until 2-3 am on July 4
Photo taken cooler taken at night
open
Flag, debris, other materials
were gone the next day
Objection – leading – overruled
Objection – speculation – overruled

Recross by A Morris

Alvarado Fire Marshall was
on scene – was not contacted
Bureau of tobacco, [?], + explosives
- was not contacted
Advance Peace officer at DFW airport
- 26 sq miles of airport property

Recross by AM Clayton

cooler was a couple hundred
yards from the facility

Witness dismissed subject to recall

Jury dismissed BREAK

Key takeaways:

FBI Agent on the counterterrorism task squad
had to google an antiflag to identify
it. thought [drawing] was antifa flag.
Crime scene investigators forgot a
cooler of fireworks @ the scene unattended
for approx 12 hours.

State’s witness Tyler Williamson

Texas Rangers
DPS prior
Assist w/ officer involved shootings
Lead ranger on the scene
Re: conversation w/ Meagan Morris
1st interview on July 5 – at Johnson
Co. Sheriff’s office @ 9am (arrested
9 hours prior)
appeared to be in her right mind
Read her Miranda warnings
Read them to us
Morris agreed to talk
we’re working together [gov offices]
Her birth name was Bradford Winston Morris
“What happened?” – Morris explained people
arrived at 10pm + parked near Wildwood

an Burnett + she described some of
the equipment she brought with
her (rifle, vest, radios)

She indicated that several vehicles
were parked there when she
arrived
Someone had brought fireworks
and others did bring rifles

[margin note: * Government refers to the event as a protest.]

She learned about the “protest”
during a group chat called
“Discussion + News” on Signal
Signal is an app for messages +
possible [?]
She came for a noise demonstration
In past protests, there’s always
a chance of violence
For example, in a previous protest,
someone had be run over by a car.
Her role was to stay w/ the cars
protect them w/ vandalism.
Her role was to drive rifles if
there was violence down to the protest [?]
Radioed when new people
showed up. Other person responded
that they were friendly.
She could not hear the fireworks
but she did hear the gunfire.
Did she say she saw police arrive?
They arrived w/ rifles? When they
passed her, she left.
She did not have a plan what to
do after
Did you believe her? Was her story
credible? Some parts. Thought it
was wierd to distinguish fireworks
from gunfire. Not convinced she stayed
in her car.
2nd interview when in custody
at Meagan’s request while she was
in custody
She described the gunfire speed as
quick w/ a binary trigger
What is a binary trigger? Gun fires
every time the trigger is pulled + released.
After listening to the body cam, witness
heard what he thought was binary
trigger
She only knew one person who had a
weapon armed w/ a binary trigger
Begins Meagan’s statement

Objection by A Hayes –
Jury excused

Names of other defendants have been redacted.
Objection by A Hayes b/c he can’t cross ex – Judge:
take it up w/ the 5th circuit
“I don’t think it was
an accident a person set things
up to have cover… and then get
the fuck away. I felt disgust + betrayed”

Meagan joined SRA. + found
out about it online. Then met
people in person at “range day.”
Range day always started w/
new shooter safety
Attended 12-20 times in the
last 5 years

Objection by St. John – hearsay – overruled

Discussed anti ICE topics,
genders, etc.
Agent McGuire showed extraction
from a Signal chat

Meagan stated: “I mean a person fucking shot
some one in cold blood. I’m
assuming its that person”

Meagan is opening up + sharing
more details
At 8 pm, people gathered at her
house, 9pm drove, arrived a 10
Hearing protection, flashlight, vest
She described it as being in bloc,
Bloc is wearing dark clothing +
a mask to make it harder to
be identified
She put her phone in a Faraday
bag.
Overview: maps + diagrams
of chats, who might be friendly
to their cause, who might have

doorbell cams

“My suspicion is person wanted

Judge addresses journalists to advocate for
funding for his court as sound system [?] thudded [?]

fell off his desk

re: Meagan’s system
Objection – speculation – overrules

“My suspicion is person wanted to this [?]
the whole time. To shoot someone” to
have all of us there w/ our weapons.
And he’d fulfil his jack off fantasy.
Meagan’s thoughts on other cell phones –
“Others left their phones at home”

Cross ex by B St. John

St. John has family members in the rangers
Rangers were not originally part of DPS
Has been at ranger for 5 years
Req’s 8 years law enforcement exp +
4 years w/ DPS
She never got out of the van
Shows areal view map
Witness had not been to the location where
she was parked
People accused of a crime do not have
to speak to police
She voluntarily shared in 2 interviews
with her
She cries easily
She cried during the interview
and it was perceived as
authentic
Met people on line + took them
down to Alvarado to a private
facility
Sunflower St/Rd did not have
a street sign
Witness received called +
drove to JoCo from Hood Co
He got his equipment from
his office in Cleburne +
drove down w/ another
agent/officer/H Hill
Interview took place in the
newer wing w/ him +
Agent McGuire
She was emotional throughout
both interviews
What Meagan says is not
hearsay if she’s a defendant
Did you look at the van? No
Being a gun owner + law
enforcement, she can be a
gun owner?
Anything illegal? No
Gunshot – she felt betrayed.
That was no the plan. She did

participate in the
shooting according to her statement.

He believes her for the most part
She was upset that it didn’t go how
she thought it was going to go
She did not
1st interview – maybe an hour – July 5
2nd interview – July 8 – notified that
she wanted to talk to him + McGuire again
Jailer told peace officer who told him
/ How was she in the 2nd interview?
Tears at times. Frustration about what
happened.

Cross ex by A Hayes
/ During her interviews, she’s been
consistent
/ No evidence that she’s not truthful
/ She may not have left her van? yes
/ You can imagine why she’d be frustrated
after spending days in isolated cells
at JoCo
/ You word things as “my suspicion is”
and “I think” which implies you were
guessing at some point
/ She described the shooting including
rapid fire but she did not discuss
multiple people shooting

She believed there was only 1 shooter.
And that was wrong.

/ All shots took place w/in
one second, it was very quick
/ 3 separate shooting incidents

initial volley, Gross’ 3 shots,
second volley
/ witness took Gross’ statement
w/ their lawyer present a
few weeks later
witness → “That was due to the injuries”
“Well you know he went home
the same night” – Hayes
Objection – prosecutor
Jury excused
Hayes explains that Gross
left information out of his
written statement & wants
witness to acknowledge this
discrepancy
[margin note:] * Judge previously advised attorneys not to file “frivolous” motions
Judge criticizes/ talks down to Hayes
for not filing a pre-trial
motion on this & for not
attended the pretrial motions
hearing

Lunch until 12:40

Key takeaways:

Meagan was frustrated after finding
out that the protest didn’t go as she expected.
She hypothesized that the shooter did this
on purpose but she was wrong on the
details that she knew.
two interviews w/ Meagan were discussed
Hayes wants witnesses
observations related to Grosse’s written statement
the omissions from it. Judge will consider
after lunch although he already seemed
irritated that he was bringing it up.

PM

22 3/4/2026 PM

Only 5 over in Dallas. Packed house today.

Does not wanted to be accused of hiding things from the public. Apologize to A Hayes for being curt and snapping earliy. When Judge reviewed the testimony about the difference in Gross’ statements. He will allow Hayes to question on
a tight rope. Referenced motion granted re: self-dense

A Hayes: Question was to ask if there was a discrepancy in the statements.

Allowed.

Judge: Appreciates our patience as he manages this case and all the others on his
docket.

US catholics are in the season of Lent. If you have any other dietary
restrictions please let us know. It’s also Ramadan season too.

Federal judges get less control than state judges. Keep that in mind

if you win your election Ms. Clayton. Example. lunches were purchased for the jury before the mistrial and even he + his staff weren’t allowed to eat them, they had to
be thrown away.

Cross ex by A Hayes continued

Gross gave written statement to witness
pulling out the gun was not mentioned in the statement
Ms. Morris did not have all info when she was interviewed

Redirect

interviewed/debriefed many witnesses? suspects?
minimizing is common in suspects because “they want to cooperate but they’re also looking out for themselves”
what was the context of the 2nd shooter, later found out
confusing, prosecutor moved on
what indicated she was minimizing
there was no real plan — based on the signal chats + maps + “that takes some planning”. Also some people had done recon prior, noted cameras. They
had a plan
witness believes it would be difficult to distinguish between types of triggers

and gunfire v fireworks from such a long distance in her van

she stated she’d heard the gun before at “range days”
Gross shoots w/in 8 seconds which can be difficult to articulate in a written
statement

cross ex by St. John

witness has set off fireworks, especially on 4th of July
everyone knows there is a distinct sound between fireworks + guns
he is texan + does own guns

cross ex by Al Evetts

re: credibility of Morris
one cause for Ms Morris’statements inaccuracies could be due to minimizing
OR not knowing
Example: if a Lt raises their weapon a first + leaves that out of their statement, that could be an example of minimizing

States witness FBI Agent McGuire

conducted interviews w/ Morris (also w/ previous witness)
recounts 1st interview
Objection – witness is reading his report
parked near Wildwood + Burnett
multiple people in the area + a car containing fireworks
She brought rifles + others had firearms
body armor
Asked why she brought these items.
She responded: “For personal protection”
She met the others on the “Discussion + News” group chat where they have
conversations.
She described it as having little planning.
Her role was to sit in the van + make sure no one vandalized the vans
Why did you have weapons if you were staying in the van?
“She didn’t have an answer for that”
[margin note:] inconsistent w/ previous testimony
Radioed when people arrived/confirmed friendlies
Heard gunfire
Police passed van
she left in her van
she had no plan of where she was going
witness did not find this story credible due to timeline issues

2nd interview on July 8
provide items from her cell phone extraction
when phone seized, analysts extract phone + provide it to case workers
Exhibit 153-157 – signal chats
from Morris’ device,
(Discussion + News + “4 of July party”) — Admitted
Exhibit 145 – describe rate of fire as mentioned by Meagan.
Binary trigger — prosecutor compares it to automatic weapon —
she advised them she was a member of SRA since 2020.
She’d been to the range 6-12 times w/ the SRA
E145 Line 5 – “I don’t think it was an accident. Person planned
“to have cover while that person gets the fuck away.”
“I felt disgusted + betrayal”
described the ranges,tires, gyrocopter driving around; fired at non-moving
objects
in groups they would

discuss video games, politics, + ICE. Generally anti IE. Said she was afraid of ICE

PGT discussion of a rat in the 4th of July Party chat
Morris says if there are 4 or moremliberals in a chat, there’s likely law enforcement in the chat as well
Morris’s name was [BLANK]god
hmm they can find it to be a small space, I would be surprised that the POPO was waiting there
indicates the police might not approve
prosecutor adds “preplanning”
House on Tanglewood has ring camera so the intersection will be visible – denotes planning
different handles: Foxglove, Ms Morris,Meagan
Champagne
rifles might make the situation more hot
Champagne says – you’d be surprised that police are not trained for more than 1 rifle. might cause them to back off
from Malcriada – from N in the Discussion + news chat (very large)
shares neighborhood demographics
denotes planning
Absolutely believe there’s a rat in the D+N chat for sure

-tight with operational security

used disappearing messages
Morris gave her phone to someone to store in a signal-blocking faraday bag.
most others left their phone at home
operational security indicates planning

[margin note: Shows images posted in 4th of July party chat]

shows 10 AM -12 protest flyer
shows image of flowers –
group send innocuous images?
picture of cones
picture of person w/ oligarchy flag
aerial view photo with markers indicating where they can and cannot be
map shows local PDs in relation to PDC

[margin note: Bowl cut haired jurors in the second row is sleeping]

shows weather forecast
areal view photo that is an alleged on-foot escape route →
chat surrounding image implies this
“I mean a person fucking shot someone in cold blood…”

I only heard one gun”

2452 56th St in Dallas is where she + others lived
multiple met Ms Morris @ her

house in Dallas. Prosecutor refers to this as “staging”

she carpooled + brought rifle, body armour + radios
she heard binary trigger + was familiar w/ it
she testified that she stayed in the van the whole time
witness does not find it credible that she was so far away + playing Nintendo Switch + heard the shots.
Meagan mentions bloc to block her identity
Repeats Morris’ quote re: “Jack off fantasy + run away”

Cross ex by St. John

8 1/2 years as police officer
discerning truth or lying
at points she was telling the truth, lying, and at other times was withholding
information
PDC is private but managed by fed gov

[margin note: St John misgenders his client]

did you arrive the scene? yes
1/2 mile away – does not believe her statement
she drove away ~ 2 minutes after shooting in the SW corner of facility
if she left w/in 2 min, could she have been walking around in that
time frame.
She was pulled over within a short time
Based on your training + experience, you make an opinion.
just because you believe something, doesn’t make it true
There is no conversation about doing harm to anyone in the chats.
Do you believe she was upset that a shooting occured? yes
that would be the complete opposite of trying to
1st interview length 30 min
2nd interview 2hrs+
Did she ever set foot on US gov property? Not that I know of

Cross ex M Clayton [?]

re: rifles might make the situation more hot
person mentions this w/ hesitation
conversation quickly changes topic + doesn’t return to it
weather – if the plan was do fireworks, do you see a reason why

Cross ex A Luster [?]

re: raining + fireworks
re: neighborhood demographics
Morris mentioned encountering violent counter protestors + cited prior protest where
protestors were run over by a vehicle
Exhibit 153 – Group chat called “Thursdays” – What is the significance?
they regularly met on Thursdays.
Did you learn that AutumnHill is named not beating … little creatures allegations.
List of people who are in this chat
(Thursdays) – Autumn Hill is listed
has not read fully through all chats.
Exhibit 154 – “D + N” – AutumnHill is also on this list
Group chat is very large
Likely do not agree w/ everything each other says
Likely don’t all know eachother
In the chat Sasha says Sounds dope ASF. I’m worried about Safety though”
response from N – Noise demos outside of jail are really dope + low risk. Folks
used to do New Years Eve ones for years.
P110/Exhibit 110? [?] – message: – Not to put a lot of weight
letter writing Level of risk adaptable.

[margin note: missed exact messages]

Idk if folks have ever been to noise demo before. It’s a really cool experience

especially when the people inside can hear you, its really dope

Autumn Hill was not in 4th of July chat
If she was part of a conspiracy, wouldn’t she have been trusted in the chat?
re:”rifles might make it more hot”

Crossex A Hayes

Did you ask if Meagan’s game had sound? No
He assumed + led the jury to believe that it had sound
Gunfire sound travels farther than a half a mile
It’s possible that Meagan heard it
“my suspicions” – did not know
Meagan did not have all the information, only based on her experience + what law enforcement told her
She didn’t hear Gross’s gunfire, so she was wrong
frustrated after days in jail during 2nd interview
“which I take as” – phrase frequently used in his report.

Crossex A Burns

Has not read full 4th of July protest
re: discussion of property lines
there was a very small area where they were allowed to be – indicates they were concerned about trespassing
sounds like they were trying to avoid breaking laws (evidende it was a protest)
not aware of all defendants + signal names
Liz Soto’s name was not in the 4th of July chat

Redirect

shows body cam approaching Morris’ minivan
says it does not appear that anyone is in the van?
11:07 pm – 7 min after gross is shot we see Morris van leaving the area

Crossex by St. John

Exhibit 19 – points out condensation on the van windows in the video

Witness excused subject to recall

Break

Key takeaways:

*Lt. Gross may have minimized his actions by leaving out of his statement the fact that
he raised his weapon first.
*Signal chat messaging shows they looked up weather + property lines to avoid trespassing + breaking laws.
*signal chats do not reference doing any harm.

Things overheard during the break:

“I’m more voyeur than participant” then proceeds to take a space in a full
courtroom.
evidence cart of black and red flags roles through the 4th floor hallway

handcuffed + wearing
striped jumpsuit

States witness: Lynette Sharp

Wautauga, TX
lived in DFW since 2009
Arrested July 13, 2025, around noon or 1
Exhibit – “I’ve read it many times, sir”
Agreed to plea guilty to material support of terrorism
gov would only charge her w/ 1 charge
PSR was significantly higher than the 15 max for this charge
benefits by gov
will be sentenced by Judge Pittman
sentence could be reduced based on cooperation/testimony
government has not promised anything
proffer letter/factual resume
plead guilty in this case + entered into the government’s statement of facts
reads factual resume into the record; signed Nov 19 2025
When did you first meet Song? Spring 2022 at a self-defense class at Finn’s Place
Finn’s Place had a table at Pride Fest and asked about self-defense classes she’d seen
tabling is when companies let the public know what they have to offer /pamphlets
Song was teaching, was anyone else in this room there? No, not at that time
excellent self-defense teacher, soft spoken, intelligent
called Champagne
Song stands to identify them
taking self-defense on Mondays with another instructor, then took both Mondays + Fridays w/ Song
joined signal – used I am me – Joan -Candied Dynamite
any/all pronouns + she/her might be preferred
Who did you get to know through Song? Autumn Hill, Meagan
How did you come to know Autumn Hill? Met them at Finn’s Place
Identified Autumn Hill in the courtroom
someone invited Lynette to a weapon safety event(also known as a gun + tell)
people arrive w/ unloaded weapons and learn about weapon safety + stance
Joined SRA + attended range days – very safe, called hot + cold
Attended 6-8 times in Ferris, TX. The nickname was the tire fort. Tires w/ burnt tops.
Who else did you come to know through the SRA?
Liz, Savanna, Ines + Maricela
They were identified in the courtroom
Lynette met John first + they introduced them to Maricela
Mari + John had started getting flirty w/ John but it started
went bad
mari explained
objection – relevance – overruled
mari explained that Jack was acting inappropriately w/ young women of color
As part of her role in the SRA, she opened an investigation into Jack
why didn’t you go to the police?
objection – relevance – overruled
Cops don’t care about the abuse of women
What does All Cops are Bastards mean? If 2 cops are bad in a group of 10 + 8 just watch, they’re all bad and they’re bastards.
objection – speculation
met meagan @karaoke night
Champagne invited them to come hang out at “the big gay house”
Morris identified in the courtroom
Assumed she/her pronouns
Identifies Signal names
herald of mad god
not beating the silly allegations
N
L
V
identifies Daniel Sanchez
What’s relationship between Danny + Ines?
Never saw them in the same room, had a falling about
Maricela invited Lynette to EGBC where she met Liz,
Vanna, Ines
reading zines about philosophy history, gender, identity
Exhibit 163

Jury excused – Song criticized for making motions with their mouth

Exhibit 163 P10 – table + zines at the Emma Goldman
book club
p83-84 [?]
additional pages w/ stickers, zines
EGBC at apprentice space in Dallas
P190 – picture w/ faces of people at the creative space in Dallas
Objection – Lack of Foundation – Authentication
Overruled
a [?] Evidence admitted
P10 zoom in on individual zines made available by the EGBC
when you say EGBC you mean these 3 individuals (Ines, Liz, Vanna),
yes
Song told Lynette about how to dearrest people + aren’t trained to deal w/ it
P13 – stickers, acab, be gay do crime, Anarchism symbol
anarchism was discussed – some liked it,some didn’t
P83 – “if we go, we go on fire” zine title
P190 – picture of people reading zines at EGBC (includes Ines, Song)
everyone talked a lot
10-12 people attended
she attended almost every month since 2023
Maricela also frequently attended
Ines was a facilitator, helped guide decisions but wasn’t in charge
make space for all voices (women + POC) especially if you’re white
Mari + Danny were married but open
Liz, Vanna + Ines were a thruple.
She learned this from Mari.
Who besides Song went to the range days?
John val John (EvetHS)
met him at Finn’s place, good at self-defense, quiet
friends w/ Song + Mari
Relationship w/ John + Mari was flirty
objection – defeats purpose of courtroom identification to ask the defendants to stand – overruled

Judge criticizing court + brings up mistrial. He did not notice it.
“We are limited on space. You are objecting to the identification of these individuals.” You’re objecting to the methods. Consider the limited resources we have here. Every space in this courtroom is filled.

Does this show respect to me. “I’m going to take a break + I want you to think about it”

Break

Defendants have been lined up in the front of the courtroom closer
to the Judge + the witness in better lighting.

Judge: we will have trial on Monday to keep things moving + finish trial before spring break.

Lines of sight are difficult when you have a trial w/ 9 defendants. Lawyers occupy
all space + entire gallery is full, fire marshalls would say this is not compliant.

I have complained all the way up to the US gov about better wattage.

Lights visibly change in the courtroom (brighten).
courtroom built in the 1930s. It is a beautiful courtroom but unlike Monticello it has to be used on a daily basis. Witness was having difficulty seeing the defendants. I will ask you if you recognize them. You are under oath.
John val John (EvetHS) steps forward + is identified.
Autumn Hill “
Meagan Morris “
Daniel “Des” “
He’s Maricela’s husband + attended some writing groups
Benjamin Song
Ines Soto has been identified
Elizabeth Soto “
Savanna Batten “
Maricela Rueda “

Lynette is crying. She “I love them,” she says.

John val John was his signal name. + in person it was John.
Exhibit 173 – video of shooting range
mariii – marideath – mal criada – identifies mari’s signal
video shows shooting range with targets being Klan members (posters or something)
who’s gun? cannot be certain
who’s feet? cannot be certain
I was laughing – “I’m scared” but I wasn’t really scared. I was having a good time
Exhibit 173 P1 – typical gun tell/table full of rifles
w/ chambers open so they are safe
gun tell taught people about gun safety, how to stand
Song, Joy Gibson, Meagan, Lynette, Rebecca, Lydia, + others
Part of affinity group –
group of friends w/ similar views
Invited to affinity group for dry fire training videos, how to clear a room /
building w/ a rifle
How many times did you go to 56th street for these trainings 6-8 times?
Like minded – what do you mean? worried about Environmental disasters, did not like what ICE was doing, What about the President?
[margin note:] telling question *
Did the group believe he was a fascist? Never talked about it
4th of July chat – not that involved
SRA internal conflict re: abuse
objection – relevance
ultimately could not go to the protest
says in the chat that she couldn’t go “should I stay in the chat to monitor
or leave?”
“I can send $ now if you need it” or I can pay someone back afterwards –
referring to fireworks
John val John says if you can’t make its probably better if you leave.
“So you don’t get in trouble if something bad happens” – prosecutor
-response: yes
[margin note:] *100% leading
“So you have plausible deniability”- prosecutor

-response: yes
objection – leading – overruled-

Leave group + delete chat
Did not go – at 1 AM someone mentioned there was a problem
she searched it on DFWscanner
there were so many chats -too many chats
heard there was a problem in one of the chats – may have heard that
an officer was shot
Expected Mari + Song would be there
was shocked to find out Ines, Liz + Savanna were there because they never go to protests
Atrean / Easy / Susan Kent came to Finn’s place for self-def
may have come to range day once
boyfriend was Seth Sikes (signal wise guy)
Got in her van + went down near PDC to see if she could help her friends
Atrean called
if something goes wrong, normally we raise $ for jail support
Met up w/ Susan Kent + went to sheriff’s office w/ bail $ in pocket
went to Murphy’s USA parking lot (5-6 people were there)
someone introduced Ms. Evetts wife to her
Days Inn was across the street
she was devastated
John Thomas / Juniper was Song + Joy Gibson’s roommate
Joy Gibsons handles – Fox Glove / Rowan signal name
usually called by their signals
usually called Lynette
was receiving DMs from Song
A’d handle from Champagne

4:53pm

to deleted

Review evidence of text conversations including conversations w/ delete
Evidence admitted Exhibit 198, 158? P105 P108, P117 messages, P123, P124, P125, P126

Judge addresses jury. Can you start tomorrow @ 8:30? We didn’t get as far as I’d hoped today. Again I apologize about the lighting. The courtroom does not control the lighting.

Jury excused

Key takeaways:

Lynette did not go to the protest, but heard something went wrong by around 1AM that night. She went to JoCo to the sheriff’s office w/ bail $ in hand to try to help her friends. She didn’t know what happened.
Lynette is testifying about how everyone knows each other including self defense classes, gun safety meetups + reading groups.

JP

AM

MAR. 4 AM

9:02AM jury seated, judge enters

BENNETT, FBI SA recalled

x65 pages revised and admitted
p28 letter addressed to Des
p36 letter to Des signed Mari
p? tattoo art examples
p58 writings – Ms. Rueda
“what is a riot but freedom ? injustice”
p60 daughter in HS
p57 writing for journal to Ms Rueda
Riots – George Floyd riots
cross (Sanchez) –
p36 love letter 2017
p58 poets – not aware – open mic poetry

9:17 MORRIS COBURN, FBI SA 22 years
counter-terrorism squad
second search Site residence
Sept 15 – looking for evidence of mass production of
propaganda
original search showed printing eq + propaganda
commercial equipment – what was being mass produced
x79 60-77 – printing press, binder, paper cutter
80 – red/black flag – Antifa flag
p60 etc – paper cutting, comm copies
mass produced books

book – innocuous books – shows what they could produce
binding material
antifa flag
x194 second part flags from garage
antifa flag
anarcho-communist flag
black green red square
cross (Soto) – online searches – antifa flag
do not know antifa flag
counterterrorism squad 10 yrs
later learned anarcho-communist flag?
Don’t know – don’t know what this is
know what “anarcho-communist flag” refers to
mvmt in Spanish Civil War
what illegal
not any by themselves
not sure what illegal material produced
process leads to a dead sister
narration by individual death of sister by cancer
not very radical
cross (Hill) – oath to defend constitution
“propaganda” – lawful 1st am.
Cross (1 of 2) communist party – established [?] Guttenberg press
part of our work to have printed as anti-govt
Farmers Letter 17684 1768
Otis 1764
against Brit gov at time
x not part of my training

JUDGE: history of punks, pamphlets exist against govt.
1st amend styled to do that

cross (Sanchez) proof printed by them
just books – dead sister
masks – Chemo mask worn by sister
side job printing, books not illegal
medical [?] list not illegal
flag in garage – rolled up, not displayed
terror squad, had to google what antifa flag is

redirect: no knowledge of other def with printing
tons of pamphlets
stands to reason –
Sotos mass producing propaganda
they were the printers in the conspiracy
Cross (Sanchez)
cross book club read books, zines
don’t know what zines are

9:40 VAN HORN, Mark FBI SA 9 years
Dallas – SR – regression [?] team
crime scenes, gather evidence
2 searches Wadbell [?]

x81 – masks

maps of downtown Ft W
mail recd July 8
x106 – Rebecca Morgan – vehicle
after Mr. Song arrested
Aug 1 log –
megaphone in vehicle
black ski mask + gloves in center console
manual on insurrection
clothes pulled out of bag
receipt July 15
female clothes
first aid kit
black masks
green flyer
back of vehicle – water bottles
x79 p49-50 similar maps

cross (Savannah Batten) – vehicle belongs to Rob Morris
not belong to Savannah Batten
S. Batten apt x81
1 bedroom apt in downtown Ft W
p 7 – mail addressed to Ms Batten
aware anyone other then Ms Batten lived there – no
July 9 – 5 days after incident
Ms Batten arrested + in jail
SWAT Team – to gain entry broke a window
damaged interior doors to get in
57 min long search – out in large apt

57 min search – no firearms ammo insurrectionary reading
dog [?] items radio packing lists
body cam vests ANTIFA lit
explosives gas mask tactical gear
MAP Ft WORTH
x81 p4
Jun 14 2025 no kings protest
2d protest October 2025
took place downtown Ft Worth
knew she was organized protest
X’s on govt bldgs
could be protest route
X’s could be place to avoid day protest
Judge nothing illegal to own

x201 p18 – shooter at large
Soto residence

10:05 GRANT Task Force Officer Dallas/Ft W PD
TF a little more 1.5 years
terrorism investigations
cooler located at Prairiebird det center
July 5 and 7 pm
walked to Sunflower Lane – located cooler w
fireworks inside
x60 – sitting at out end of lane, partially open,
could see fire inside
x46 – cooler

Coleman cooler

tube + box

cross – lid partially open

nothing around it
photographed, took to Alvarado PD our scan room
no evidence mark
crime scene had been released
fully open – July 4
collected, not located

Alvarado – only saw 1 cooler

it was on concrete
just the fw inside, nothing outside
wet or day – did not touch
see if cdbd had deteriorated, soggy
how store cooler – transported to crime scene room

did not store explosives

magazine – wood ? + metal
other items –

the day after – 10-12 hours after release

did not go through contents
inventory – left behind cannot guarantee
validity

cross (Rueda) – commercially available

not designed to breach structure
don’t know classification of these fireworks
nothing illegal about buying fireworks

redirect – when was shooting – around 11pm

how late people there – 3 am
collect evidence next morning
she was there morning of July 5
wet grass, flag gone, cooler closed
did not see debris

Alvarado – not store because of explosive nature

no one knew what to do

recross – Alvarado fire marshall now? at scene tactical

did not contact fire marshal, AFT
recross – how from 100 yds [?] for family

10:25 → 20 min break
10:45

Williamson Hollard tex ranger 5 years

assist local agencies
lead agent on scene

Conv. w Meaghan Morris
interview w Megan Morris
July 5

FBI agent McGuire
John Co Sheriff 9AM

appeared in right mind
convened- read warnings
agreed to talk at Sheriff office

working together w FBI

Witness Bradford Morris

what happened

met + served indvd over at Prairieland 10 pm

parked near Lugurad? + Burnett

X66 map – parked minivan

brought in gear – rifles, vest, handheld radios

Several vehicles
saw person carrying cooler
someone brought fireworks

others did bring rifles

she learned from a signal chat

called discussion news
added after she met at another
protest many years prior
communication app to send
messages
“discussion + news” group

Wasnt a plan

arrive + do a noise demonstration
set off fireworks
purpose of rifles
a chance of violence
- in case there is violence
Sometimes protesters run over by car

her role to remain in
vehicle to prevent being
vandalized

in event of violence drive
down with rifles
no one suspect her involvement
if she was in vehicle

group arrived in black masks

3 arrived – did not know them
radio’d back “friendly”

she could hear fireworks
did hear gun fire

after she heard gun shots –

saw police arrive at 19th and ?
she tried to leave
did not have a plan
not supposed to pick up other
individuals

did not believe decipher fireworks

gunshots
staying in car did not see
outside

second interview
July 8

John Co Sheriff

gave Miranda again

story changed a bit
reached out to jail staff to talk to some officers

Morris started out –

rapid fire from rifle with binary swtich
known if she stayed in it was very different
what is a binary switch
put trigger every time you pull or
release will fire
listened to body cam
sounded like binary trigger
elaborate on other people
only knew one individual w weapon
w/ binary trigger

* – Objection to reading from interim report

“I don’t think its an accident. A person
set other people up to be in a corner
while he escapes + gets away”

joined Soc. Rifle Association in 2020
Met individual online
- range days

range days – indiv’s go to gun range to
do target practice
ETTS –
another range – times

weapon safety –
one indiv’l would do new shooter
safety talk
w/i 5 years 6-12 times range days

convos re politics, trans rights
discussed anti-ICE, trans gender rights
Agent McGuire showing Morris
extra info from Signal chat
go through page to page
Morris say rule?

“I mean a person shot some in cold blood
only heard one gun fire”

when they rented 2452 56th St Dallas
opening up, more decorated – normal thing
People staying at house –
8 pm – group arrived, left about 9 pm
around 10 pm
rifle, [illegible], pistol, flashlight, ammo
other bright ?

bloc – dark clothing, masks
bloc clothing – harder to ID

when she left residence, gave to indiv’l
who got cell in Faraday bag
Agt McGuire shared chats
what Morris said –

maps, diagrams
who would be friendly, door bell cameras
p25 of ? – bullet

My suspicion is person wanted to
do this the whole time, to shoot
someone, person wanted to have it
all there to
jackoff fantasy
Synthetic
Herald of the Mad God

others left their phones at home

cross (Morris) –
older than rangers – US marshalls
8 years of law enf, 4 EPS
patrolled Jack Co
Meghan Morris – told never got her out of the van
Burnett & Logwood
never got out of van
cries quite easily
Emotional, cried, not pretend
lived Dallas
took plea? 67

Alvarado – private facility
no street sign
phone call – Garland
had to go by office or and ?
name – BJ Hill [?]
go through – no one required a lawyer
John G should offer interview not
emotional – both interviews
people rode from Dallas
guns of own + vest
anything against the law – no
alleged gun shot – very upset
gunshot took place – not the plan
She did not participate, based on her statement
Do believe she was upset things didn’t go
the way supposed to go
Not much of a plan, just a
noise demonstration
not transport any fireworks there
maybe an hour – Sep 5
notified by sheriffs office July 8
she had requested to speak
second interview – some frustration
frustrated to what happened
cross (Song) – never got out of van
possibly true
can imagine why frustrated
and seg, solitary
only info she was guilty

frustrated -arrested for sitting in van

my suspicion – guessing
she described – Lt Gron [?] did not fire back
1st inter – heard gunshots
2d time – not multiple people
Tell no second shooter
Based on play review – wrong
3 distinct periods of shots
1st group – 8 shots less than 1 second
Gross – 3 shots after hit
second volley – a few quick shots
at hospital – another ranger
given a copy of his statement
Took his statement –
went home same night
another suspect after on the the [illegible] guests [?]
irrevelance

11:45 } Lunch Break
12:45 }

PM

4 MARCH AFTERNOON

Govt Objection overruled
Hayes may ask if Gross omitted facts
but keep tight

Cross cont’d (Song)- Gross written statement left out pulling a gun
& aiming at someone’s back

Morris did not have all the information also

redirect – minimizing in witness interview
Morris minimizing?
possibility of 2 shooters

no real plan
there was a plan
- maps
- demographics
- taken pictures
- planning
- surveillance cams be detected
- plan
believed differ to defend [?] fw vs guns [?]
rate of fire
was at range days when gun fired
had heard binary switch before

Lt Gross – credible

- very fluid situation

Recross (Morris) – everyone knows fw vs guns [?]
sound different – yes
Recross (Evetts) – not have all the facts
not minimizing when Gross left out points to gun

1:05 McGuire, Patrick – FBI S.A. Ft Worth

Prairieland – Meagan Morris interview
multiple people in area came w fireworks
She brought her rifle & multiple others
body armor, multiple radios
why bring – personal protection
Met through Signal – messaging app
very little planning
her role – sit in van
why leave weapons in van
people left multiple walked past
asked on radios who were they
“friendlies”
heard fireworks later heard gunfire
waited 2 minutes left in van
saw police arrive walk past van
no interaction w police
credible – timeline not consistent
pretty far for shooting

second motion July 8
received phone records for case team

chats for Ms Morris device
X156 p3 – “Fourth of July Party” chat
X157 – photos

binary trigger - made sound consistent w binary trigger

been to ranges heard firearm fire w binary trigger
SRA ranges –
I don’t think it was an accident (???) that set things up to have cover while gets away
I felt disgusted & betrayed

2 ranges – ETTS, Texas defense – tires as backstop [?]
owner flies gyro [?]
standing targets
political views – videogames, police [?], ICE
afraid of ICE
X156 – p67
Rat in the chat…
4 or more liberals in chat, probably a law
enf officer July 4 – 3pm
Harold the Bel guy –
aware of police having issue w what doing
X154 – why talking
Ring doorbell – aware of cameras
“Champagne” – rifles might make situation more hot
You’d be surprised – cops not equipped for more than one rifle – might make back off

SHARP, LYNETTE
handcuffed on stand
6545 Highland T Ft Worth suburb
arrested July 13, 2025 noon
X149 plea papers
plead guilty material support to terrorism [?]
govt agreed not to charge w other charges
maximum 15 yrs.
attempted murder 41 years
plea agreement supplement
last 3 pages of agreement
if govt argues assistance govt may seek to reduce sentence
proffer letter
p. 9 –
p. 10 – STIP FACTS

She clearly is not very sophisticated about the legalities [?]
STIP FACTS
July 4
terrorism attempted murder of PO
adhered to antifascist & anarchist ideology
intent to influence govt.
July 5 co-conspirator #1 engaged in terrorism, hiding in the woods, escaped,hiding in woods
Sharp conspired w others to provide transportation, lodging to conceal escape

Sharp communicated & arranged to pick up & drive to apt in No Dist Tex – clothing, wig,face covering, disguise for law enforcement – Blasts (???) to public parking lot, knew to conceal escape
Signed Nov 10 2025

met Benjamin Song Spring 2022
community ctr in Ft Worth – self defense class
BS taught class – Finn’s Place (?)
Gay Pride event – Arlington?
celebration
cos. give info to public
very helpful, excellent teacher, friendly, intelligent
being threatened at times, needed help w martial arts
“Champagne” – introduced himself as Champagne
Monday nights – he was not the teacher at first
switched to Friday nights
eventually showed up – cancelled, no one there
found out msg app – Signal
month or two – Lynette & ammo[???] eventually candy ……
any/all… preferred she/her
he/him asked
came to know Autumn Hill
She came to event at Finn’s Place
didn’t speak

met someone at Finn’s who invited to
a gun n tell – SRA – met Song
for fst time
Come w no ammo – chamber open – 4 safety rules
gun, stance through SRA
became memb SRA – also came to do range days
range … very safe
6-8 times Ferris, TX past Dallas
lots of times, dirt
who else through SRA
met Marty Sell
intro’d me to Maricela, Liz, Savannah, Des
Maricela – thugh Johnny –
role in SRA =
Maricela started coming around, flirty w/ Johnny
involved in conflict resoltn committee
Problm w someone named Jack
investigtn of Jack – dealt w Maricela more
creepy toward femme people, esp minorities
Mari said Jack did somthing inappropriate
opened case, she agreed
pretty serious allegation
→ anti-cop ideology
cops don’t know anything about sex assault
restorative justice
background of very [???]
cops always [???]

try to restore
all cops are bastards
system – 10 cops –
2 bad, 8 do nothing, also corrupt
assume they did –
5 people in a room
How come to know Megan Morris
Don’t believe d met until karaoke night in Dallas
Jan 2025 –
came to know who (???)
Champagne invited to big gray house
Meagan / Autumn lived there
she/her
handles in Signal

Autum – not beating the little creature allegations
Ines Soto – N
Swanda Batten B
Liz Soto – L

Daniel Sanchez – came to wkly group – at Mari’s house
Ines: falling out w Maricela?
Emma Goldman book club – excerpts fr
books in zines
philosophy history gender, identity

x163 – p10 – table cloth + zines EG Book Club
stickers
p83 – zines
EGBC – Ines, Liz, Savannah
De-Arrest Primer
if friends arrested, get them free
tactics – break out of police custody
Song – de-arrest, not at EGBC
other places – how it could be done
physically. cops not expecting,
not trained, often react w/ weapons

p13 – ACAB sticker
be gay, do crime –
anarchy –
some people liked it, some didn’t
p83 – from on bk – zine If we go we go on fire
p190 – reading zines at EGBC
usually met monthly
Ines, Song,
10-12 people
How often –
6-8 mos, aft Spring 2022
Friction btwn Ines + Des
Des + Mari – married but open
Liz, Ines – thruple w Mari
range days – John Bell John – went to range couple times
Evetts very good at martial arts, friends w B Song
he + Mari friends

friends, flirty
incorrect ID – stand what wearing
take a break – threatening lawyer

TRIAL MONDAY

Judge complains he can’t even get proper lighting in courtroom
Re-IDs defendants who are standg at front of courtroom – Evetts, Hill, Morris, Daniel Des Sanchez, Maricela’s husband, seen a few times, Ben Song,
Ines Soto, Eliz Soto, Batten, Rueda

[margin note: crying/ tearing/ love them/ her friends]

signal – John Bell John – John in person
Val John [?]

6-8 maybe 6-12 Mari. Marri [?] Maridath [?]
x173 – MALREADA [?]
Des –
range video
Rebecca Morgan – binary trigger
fact, Ben Song
laughed – I’m scared [???]
x173 – gun table + chamber open to be safe
56th St. House – B Song + training infinity group
Reb Morgan, myself, AHill, Lydia, …
affinity group – close friends, like-minded views
inner circle
training – youtube how to move, move as group
clearing a house – Ben Song

weapons – brought my own
Song,
How to clear – go through doorways
6-8 times
like minded – society breaking down, worried about a lot of things. weather, Gov’t going to fail, aliens incarcerated, ICE, didn’t like it
didn’t agree w it, attitude toward President,
Nazi or Fascist? A lot of conversations – not
everyone – can’t say everyone joined in –
lead up to Prairieland
4th of July chat – could not go
Song, myself, Rueda, Evetts, others
personal problems w family SRA abuse
men be creepy to minority women
people on central committee
x156 p8 –

can’t go, can’t leave house, should I stay in chat,
can send $ for fireworks,

p13 – leave group, operational security, plausible deniability
leading –
p15 – leaves group – msgs go away

didn’t go –
when problem
1 AM – someone mentioned in another chat

DFW Scanner –
1AM – contemplating – smthg went wrong
went to scanner – chat session
Read officer shot at Prairieland –
Don’t believe media, no idea
help friends –
Susan Kent – get close to detention center
who believes had gone –
Mari, Song; Ines, Liz, Savannah – not in chat, never go to protests, shocked to find out

Think of small group –
Based on your involvmt in small chat –
maybe 15
Susan Kent no train [???] – easy
came to Finn’s place – range day
Seth Sykes – wise guy
going out to see what we could do
eventually met up w her
going couldn’t get close
Kent called – also circling
jail support – try to help
what time arrive – 2 am
cop cars everywhere –
meet up w
had bail $ in pocket
started to realize seriousness
Murphy’s USA parking lot

5-6 people
Evett’s wife
no one else had met before
came to Day’s [?] Inn – very upset
– windelema [sic]

John Thomas – Juniper –
Song’s roommate
+ Joy Gibson – Foxblood – Rowan
Handles – knew Maricela
candy dynamite Lynette
at some pt – msgs from Song
Champagne – deleted
x158 p105 – 795-99
p108 – m824 825
p117 – m905
p123 – 960-62
– 961-62
p124 – 968
Trying to help him escape
p126 983-84
1041
p132 –

8:30 AM ?

KA

AM

Wednesday
Prosecution – (submitting evidence items) FBI agent
Katy Benned.
pg 36, letter, Mr Sanchez (unable to hear prosecutor)
pg 29. pg 55, 58 you are not a handwriting expert? “No”
quote handwritten “What is a Riot..”

Defense – were you present for the search? “No”
poetry from 2017, pg 58 poetry, are you aware
both of them are poets? “No”

Prosecutor: FBI Special Agent, (Calder? Banforth?)
involved w/ search of Soto residence.
“search for propaganda, evidence of mass
production of propaganda, printing
equipment was professional”
exhibit 79 photos: “printing equipment discovered
in garage, xerox, press, cutting machine”
“antifa flag”
Defense objection, irrelevent. Overruled

"_____ objection ______________________"

“paper cutting equipment, copier, binder, mass
produced books, first aid kit, antifa flag. (no end quote)
Defense objection, over ruled
prosecutor – anarcho communist flag
what size was printing equipment?

(2)

Defense cross – “is that an antifa or anarcho communist flag”
“we believe it is antifa”
“did a quick google search” “don’t know what
an anarcho communist is”
Would it surprise you that it was a flag of Spanish
Civil War?
Did you read the book? “I reviewed it, poetic…”
Defense – when you say propaganda, thats lawful
protected speech
Defense – copier is modern Gutenberg press
part of American history, 1750, 1764 against the
control of British govt, are you aware “No”
Defense – printing books not illegal? “Correct”
Where was flag found? “Garage shelf”
Prosecutor – “printers used to produce mass
propaganda”
Defense – were you aware she & husband in a
book club, reading books & zines? “Yes”
Prosecutor – call agent Daniels (?) FBI
CRT – gather evidence at crime scenes.
(unable to hear prosecutor) photos of maps
“these are photos from vehicle search”
photos of items in vehicle, “black masks & gloves”
Defense cross – one bedroom apt in Boulder, correct?

She lived in apartment alone, correct? Yes
She was in jail while apartment was
searched. A window and door were
damaged by agents’ entry for search.
In the 57 mins you searched apartment,
did you collect firearms, body armor,
gas masks, insurrectionist material,
antifa material? “No sir”
Only things collected were maps? “Yes”
Have you heard of NoKings protest?
Did you know she was planning NoKings
protest? Could maps be route of protest? “possible”
Judge – any items illegal? “No, sir”

Prosecutor – map

Prosecutor – witness Andrea Grant
terrorism task force, domestic & int’l
“we responded to Prairieland detention
July 5th,”
evidence box w/ fireworks in cooler
found that day

Defense – what condition was cooler? “partially open”
evidence markers used? “photographed & removed”
Photo shows fully open cooler, someone forgot
to pick up cooler on the 4th? “Yes”

(4)

“transported cooler to crime lab”
around cooler were any other items
You find cooler after the crime scene was
cleared, correct? “Yes”
How long after scene cleared did you
discover cooler? “12 hours”
You can’t guarantee integrity of
evidence, correct?
Defense – fireworks are commercially available
and not designed to do structural
damage
Prosecutor – shooting occurred ~11 pm
when did you arrive?
Defense objections over ruled
Defense re-cross
Fire Marshall was on scene, did you
contact him or BATF? “No”
Defense – how far was cooler from _
“3 yards”

Break –
Prosc witness Tyler
assist local agencies w/ major crimes
Conversation w/ Megan Morris, interview
“July 5th met w/ Megan… 9 hours after (no close quotes in notes)

(5)

arrest, Read her Miranda rights? “Yes”
Tell us conversation from
“She said her birthname was Bradford”
“explained on night of 4th they parked near
wildwood & described equipment she
brought” “She brought rifle, vest, hand
held radios, several cars were there”
“She said others brought rifles, she
heard of protest on Signal chat.”
“She said there wasn’t really a plan”
“She explained they brought rifles in
case of violence” “…her role that night
was to remain in vehicle to prevent
vandalism, and if there was violence
she would drive to (group) with rifles”
“She said she … heard the gunfire.”
“…after she heard gun shots she saw
police arrive” “She said she had no plan”
“I thought it would have been difficult
for her to discern fire works from gun
fire from that distance”
“Morris described hearing rapid gun
fire from …” binary trigger
“She said only knew one person with

a binary trigger”
Defense objection, her opinion. Over ruled
“Morris stated, I don’t think it was an
accident that a person set this up
to have cover … I felt disgust
and betrayal”
“She described range days for target
practice” “one individual did safety
talk” “She said at meetings they
discussed anti-ICE, transgender rights”

Defense objection, over ruled

“Morris stated, that person shot someone
in cold blood…”
“She stated… about 8 o’clock a group arrived
at her house in Dallas and then drove to
Prairieland” “she described wearing in
block, black/dark and wearing mask”
“She gave her phone to some one, who
placed it in a Faraday bag.”
“she said, my suspicion is that a person
wanted to do this the whole time, shoot some one
(Defense objection over ruled) with others there
with guns … and run away”
Defense cross – explain what Ranger is

“have to have DPS service before can become
a Ranger”

Defense – my client Megan Morris said she never
(…) she voluntarily described events to you.
She did not request lawyer? “No, she did not”
When conversation started did she start
crying? “She was emotional in interviews”
Being a citizen she can be in possession of
a gun? “Yes”
Bottom line, she didn’t participate in
shooting?
“I believe she was upset that things
didn’t go …. said there wasn’t a plan”
“First interview the 5th, second the 8th”
“second interview she showed more
frustration about what happened”

Defense cross – you can imagine she’d be frustrated
after being locked up for 3 or 4 days,
correct? “Yes”
Difference between “my opinion” and “fact”
“she described hearing gunshots, second
interview she described rapid shots”
“She said there was one shooter”
That would be wrong, right? “Yes”

defense, there were 3 shots, then a second volley
… correct? “Yes” law enforcement given 2 weeks
to respond courtesy

prosecution objection to question

PM

Judge – went back & looked at difference in lieutenant
witness statements. subjective testimony of
witness & testimony of officer on the scene.
Goes to credibility of Lt Gross.
objection over ruled.

Defense cross: Lt Gross statement, made no
mention of pulling out gun etc
Obviously Ms Morris didn’t have all the
information, correct? “Yes”

Prosec – witnesses minimize their role in
their statements to protect selves? “Yes”
“Nothing came up in interviews that
indicated there was a second shooter”
What made you think Morris was
minimizing her role? “Her saying there was
no plan” The fact that some did recon
indicates a plan? “Yes”
“She indicated she was at range days and
heard that gun being fired”
Did you compare Lt Gross statement w/

unibody cam? “Yes” everything that
happened is on his body cam

Defense – Us Texans have guns. Distinction
betw fireworks and fire arms, everyone
knows? “Yes”

Defense – Ms Morris didn’t have all the facts,
early on was theory of more than one
shooter. Minimize means you leave out
facts? “Yes” As, if officer leaves out
fact that he raised his weapon? “Don’t
see the correlation. It’s on body cam”

Prosecution – witness Patrick McGuire FBI
spl agent. Interview Ms Morris
Start w/ July 5th interview: “She related
how she arrived in her mini van at Prairieland, on her arrival others were there
in cars w/ fireworks, she & others had
rifles, body armor, radios” “We asked
why, she said for personal protection.”
“She met these people on Signal group chat”
“She said there was very little planning for [?]
event, more spontaneous”
“Stated she heard fire works, later gunfire.
After 2 mins she left, after police walked

past her van.” “Didn’t think she was credible”
Next interview July 8th, “received cell phone
extraction” of her phone. “Chat titled, 4th of
July Party”
What did she tell you about rate of gun fire?
“she described rate as of binary trigger
fire” “She stated she’d heard this type at
various ranges. She stated she was member
of SRA since 2020″
“she stated person wanted a bunch of people
there … could run away… disgusted”
“they would customarily fire at static targets”
“her sentiment anti ICE, afraid of ICE”
“Her handle was Harold [?]”
“indicates awareness that police would have
issues with what they were doing” “Chat
advising avoid address with video cam
indicates plan.” “They were talking about
whether or not to bring rifles – more rifles
meant cops would (retreat)”
“in News Chat they discussed demographics of
neighborhood, indicates plan? “Yes”
“During event she gave her phone to some one
who placed it in Faraday bag” Indicates

plan? “Yes”
Signal photo of security camera indicates
plan? “Yes” Photo of land plots’ ownership
indicates plan? “Yes” Demographics
“indicated who would be friendly – a plan”
Racial composition of neighborhood around
Prairieland facility. “location of police dept”
“Plan for weather” Photo “she believed photo
could show an escape route, on foot”
Your report pg 2, read quote: “Morris stated
someone shot in cold blood, I only heard one
gun fired” She indicated she lived on 56th St
in Dallas, people staged at her house, left
in 2 vehicles. “She advised she brought her
rifle, vest and radios” “She advised she
stayed in the van whole time” “Not credible.
She said she was playing Nintendo.” “Wearing
block – to block identity wearing mask”
“People walked by, she asked who they were, some one
told her they were friendly” “My suspicion a
person wanted to do this with us there…”

Defense – you were in law enforcement?
“I believe she was telling truth, lying and
omitting information when testifying.”

Did she say who others were (of 6)?
“She stated they were members of Signal
chat and SRA”. Were you at scene in
Alvarado? “Yes” Did you believe she stayed in
her vehicle? “No” “She stated she left scene
2 minutes after shooting”
She was stopped by police (moments) later traffic
What you believe doesn’t make it the truth? “No”
Was there any conversation about wanting to harm
someone? Doesn’t fact she was upset that
someone was harmed indicate there was not
plan?

Defense – statement that presence of rifles
might make situation more hot indicate
person opposed to bringing rifles?
Plan to use fireworks would make
the weather relevant?

Defense – rain would make it safer to set off
fireworks. (One) had encountered violent
counter protesters.
Signal chat, large group of unknown people. Someone
named Sasha said what? “I’m worried about safety.”
“Noise outside jails normally don’t provoke…”
“these are pretty low risk… super approachable”

(read chat) “…low risk activity… they are
pretty fun…”
Read chat on 4th of July fun. If group were
conspiring to commit murder, would they add…

Defense – maybe she did hear the rifle fire? “Yes”
Ms Morris held for 4 days w/o phone calls.
So her information only from inside.
She said she only heard one gun fired, she was
wrong. You said, “what I take as…” means
your supposition

Defense – have you read complete signal chats? “No”
map of private property indicates they were
worried about trespassing, right? “Yes”
Signal chats indicates they are worried about
breaking the law, right? “Yes”
Sounds like they were planning a protest

Prosecution re direct: body cam videos
show Morris’ van driving away.

Defense re cross: picture of back of mini van? “Yes”
Do you see condensation inside back of mini van?
“Yes” If someone sits in van 4 hours, you’d see
condensation, right? “Yes

– Break –

Prosecutor witness Lynette Sharp
“arrested July 13th around noon or 1 pm”
In document you plead guilty, is that right? “Yes”
gov’t promised one charge of terrorism, w/
15 years. Cop was shot.
If you provide substantial assistance, sentence
may be reduced. (proffer letter)
Facts admitted to in guilty plea:
attempted murder of police officer,
anti fa conspiracy, to retaliate against
government for its anti-immigrant
policy. Sharp provided support to
conceal co-conspirator One, drive him,
supply disguise, transfer to another
apartment, to evade capture
Background, when did you meet? “2021 self
defense class” “found at Gay Pride event.”
“He was teaching self defense” “martial arts”
Did Mr. Song introduce himself as Champagne.
“I joined Signal app after a few months”
“He preferred to be called she.” Who else in the
courtroom did you get to know through Song?
“Autumn” Someone else, not in the room, was
offering a gun (class)? gun feld[?]? (no open quote in notes)safety”

Did you join SRA? “Yes”
” ” go to Range Days “Yes, went 6-8 times”
“In Ferris, Texas” “we named it the fire fort”
Who else did you know through the SRA?
“Marisol, Inez, John, , “
Marcella
“Johnny was very friendly. I volunteered with
the conflict resolution committee in the SRA”
“Problems w/ member Jack, inappropriate with
women, minorities, Marcella complained
about him.” You opened investigation of
Jack, “Yes” Why didn’t you go to cops?
“They don’t do anything about creepy men,
rape…” Did you do restorative justice,
“Yes.” Did you agree with phrase, All Cops
Are Bastards? “Yes” Did the SRA all agree w/ ACAB?

Defense objection, speculation
over ruled.

When did you meet Meghan Morris? “About a
year ago, Song invited me to his house, met
Meghan Morris” How does she identify self?
“She, Her” Did you know their Signal handles?
“Yes” What was the relationship between
Marcella and __?

“Marcella invited me to Emma Goldman
Book Club” What did they talk about?
“Philosophy, history, gender identity”

Judge admonishes Song not to make expressions
with his mouth.

Prosecution, exhibit 153, pg 10, 13
from Emma Goldman Book Club
“Zines that were readings for Emma Goldman
Book Club” “creative space…”
Do you recognize individuals in slide? “Yes”

Defense objection over ruled

What are items in photo? “Zines for book club”
What is the Arrest Primer? Was this
discussed? “Yes” What + where discussed?
“We discussed anarchy philosophy, some
agreed some didn’t” “If we go, we go on
fire, referred to Zines we read.(no close quote in notes)
pg 190 “EGBC met once/month” who is in
photo? “Inez, Song” Who in this photo?
“The regular EGBC group” “Marcella attending
these groups, Song was facilitator”
What was relation betw Daniel + Marcella?
“Married, complicated, open relationship”
Who was at the Range Days? “practically

everyone in the room” (defendants)
“John was in martial arts group” Is he here?

Judge – stand John ———

Defense objection. Judge sent jury out.

You are objecting to identification

Defense, no, to the method

Judge very crowded poor light, you really
want to argue about this?
I’m going to take a break, you think
about this.

— break —

Reconvene w/ defendants lined up near
the bench judge.

Judge – line of sight can be obscured with
so many defendants, 20 attorneys, staff
para legals, security – it’s hard to see.
Ms Sharpe, I’m concerned you have
difficulty seeing. I’m going to ask you to
identify defendants. Lying under oath
voids the agreement.
Who is this individual? (one by one)

prosecutor – you’re emotional

Sharpe “I love them”

prosecutor these were your friends, right?
Sharpe “yes”

prosecutor – lets talk about Range Days
What was Marcella’s Signal handle?
(play video) do you recognize that? “the range”
What are these? “Targets”
What happened in these 10 seconds? “One or two
people firing, recognize 2 voices”
Who’s rifle is it? “Can’t be certain, Benjamin
Song’s” Whose feet? “Song’s”
Do you recognize this photo? exhibit 173
“Table with rifles. We talked about them,
firearm safety, proper stance, firearms
in our lives”
Who was party of Song’s affinity group
“Song, Joy Gibson Meghan Morris, myself
a couple who came + went”
What was affinity group, a core group? “Yes”
What was Song teaching, how to clear a room
with a rifle?
What were they all like minded about?
“We believed society starting to break down
having to defend ourselves”
Concern about illegal aliens being incarcerated?
“We didn’t like it.” View of president?
“We were unfavorable” Call him fascist?

“Not everyone” “I wasn’t following 4th July chat”
“Problems I had w/ SRA, creepy men
people on central committee not dealing
with.” “Personal family problems”
You could not go 4th of July?
“Told group through Signal that I could not
go, had to stay in my house.” “I can send
money now, or contribute later”
“Send money for fireworks”
Why were you told to leave the chat group?
“Security considerations”
If trouble, you have plausible deniability

Defense objection – leading question. Denied.

You didn’t go, when did you learn there was
problem. “Around one a.m., another chat
message said there was a problem. I turned
on scanner. Not sure, but heard that a cop
was shot” “I left house, wanted to get closer
and find out what happened”
Who did you know was at the protest?
“Not sure” “Was not focussed on the chat”
How many were there? “About 15”
How do you know Susan Kent? “Range Day,
potlucks”

“I drove out there, couldn’t get close. Kent
called me, she couldn’t get close”
“When sun came up, Kent + I went to
sherrif’s department, I had bail money,
met others at Murphy’s parking lot.”
Did John ——— show up?
Joey Gibson’s handle?
Did you call each other by names or handles?
“Mostly handles, I didn’t know most names”
Did you get direct messages from Song? “Yes”
What did he change handle to? “Deleted”
Review conversation pg 108, do you recognize
conversations with Deleted? “Yes I do”
These conversations with Song are about what?
“I’m trying to pick him up” So he can escape?
“Yes”

RT

AM

3/4
Notes pg 1

Witness Continuance from yesterday (woman)

Revise admission of rules 65[?] a
dmittance of certain zine pages
ech [?] 24, 28-90

Admiteed 28-90; 90-95; 55-65; 60, exhib evidence of zines used in testimony witness


 1) Pg 28 - a letter addressed to Des
  Pg. 36 - another letter addressed to Des signed by Mari
  Concluded letters are Des' handwriting.
  Pg. 39 - Another letter.
  Pg. 35 - Des is an artist a tattoo artist
  Pg. 53 - Mori writing talk about what is a riot. witness not a handwriting expert  -  was not sent off to a lab.
  Pg. 60 - Visitor pass for a high school
  Pg. 57 - writing in one of the journals - riots protest
     likely destroyed. Minneapolis precinct.
  Pg. 36 Again pg. 58 [58? not sure] again (by the defense)
     writing free speech. hosted poetry nights

Morris Boatner (Special Agent with the FBI).
works on the counter terrorism squad since 2010.
Involved in the 2nd search. looked for “propaganda”. was looking for
mass produced propaganda. Identified printing equipment and template from
propaganda. Material was protected first amendment stuff. (Book on blank paper)

Ex. 79 Pg. 60-67. Commercial Copper, binder,
p. 80, p. 79. Considered “anti material”
believe to see paper cutting machine. what was missed on first go around?
shredded material??? Admits that there are inocuous books
Recovered a 1st aid kit. Believed to have an antifa flag??
Anarcho-communist flag found in picture?

On day of search looking up online thought it was an antifa flag

learned later it is an anarcho communist flag - no idea

what it means. Does not kn-
Material seized on Sept 15. Not sure what illegal material
was produced. Did not read book made on press.
Anach Communist flag – Spanish Civil War.
What in search warrant was specifically illegal

Notes pg 2

Commercial printing material is not something that is
illegal. Nothing illegal about printing stuff against the current
government. Was there any proof of news produced material
from the press. Side jobs of printing things is not illegal. having a
medical Kit is not illegal, owning a thats rolled up is not illegal.
specializes in International Terrorism NOT Domestic. Had to
google the antifa flag, Boatner aware that defendants Mori
& Des are both in book club and read zines.

Agent Mark Van Horn (Special Agent FBI)
Has served for 9 yrs out of Dallas respond to evidence at different
crime scenes. Involved in two searches. Morgon’s car and another
search (Savannah). Search conducted on July 8th. The other search
was August 1st, they found ski mask, black clothing. They found gloves
and female clothes and a first aid kit, More masks and generic
flyers. Pg 79, 49-50 (evidence) Found similar stuff in Savannah
Batton house with stuff found in Meyers car? Savannah residence
is a 1 bedroom apartment. Did not discover anyone else lived in Savannah
Btton apartment. Search executed on July 9th. SWAT team executed
the search where no one was there. SWAT team broke a window
damaged interior door to get into the apartment. Only way they got
into apartment that was (57 min long) broke windows and destroyed
property in the one bedroom small apartment.
Did not collect firearms, explosives, radios, gas masks, insurrectionist material,
antifa material, only thing they collected in the 57 min search was
some maps. Maps for No Kigs protest in July and
a second one planned for another one in October. Savannah planned
two[?] protest as an item of interest. SA collected maps from her
apt. Maps to help people navigate with protests. Did not
seize anything in the search that was illegal to own.
Map from Savannah place similar to knowledge of maps on
Desoto.

(p. 3 labeled on papers)

Andrew Brandt (officer with task force on
Domestic & International Terrorism)

Responded on July 5th went to scene to make sure nothing
was missed. Seized a cooler, at the Prairieland
detention center. In the cooler various fireworks of different
kinds. Lid was partially open. Nothing else was around cooler
was assigned an evidence marker, it was photographed in place.
Evidence 52 p. 141 {number needs checking}. Cooler was fully opened on July 4 th. Someone
forgot to pickup cooler, Picked up on concrete. Didn’t store
the cooler only transferred it to evidence room. It was
not stored with explosives. If the fire works were
explosive they need be stored in a certain way. Could the fireworks
been soggy. Didn’t go through fireworks. The fireworks was left
alone about 12 hours. Hard to guarantee validity of the fireworks/
cooler being there. Firework not designed to obstruct surfaces.
Familiarity with classification of fireworks. Arrived late morning (?)
hours on July 5th 3 or 4 am. Alvarado fire marshall & TABC
were contacted about the fireworks.

Take Away pt. 1

1) Expert witness cant identify antifa flag. Couldnt distinguish
between anarcho communist & antifa flag.

2) Commercial printing (?) and burn (?) zines not illegal related to
a book club.

3) Nothing found at any of place so far was illegal.

4) Evidence found at places not illegal. Maps linked to No Kings protest.
Unnecessary use of force at Savannah 1 bedroom place.

5) No indication of fireworks were dangerous.

Tyler Greg Williamson (Texas Ranger) pg. 4

Has been with the Rangers for 5 years. Had a conversation
with Meagan Morris on July 5th at Johnson County Sheriff’s
office. Meagan consented and was of sound mind. She was given
her Miranda warning. They were working together with local
law enforcement to investigate Prairieland. Meagan describe
some of the stuff she brought with her and where she parked
on July 4th. Her gear was rifle, radio. She described having
fireworks and others brought rifles. She learned about the
protest in a signal chat. Part of a group called discussion
on news. There was no plan but to have a noise demo.
brought weapons just in case something happens. She
said her role was to be in vehicle while others protested.
Said no one would suspect her involvement. A group of people
arrived and went past her car. She radioed to some people
that other people were walking by. She could not hear fireworks
but she did hear gunfire. After gunshots she saw the police
arrived then she tried to leave after cop arrived. She did
not have plan about where to go after leaving. On July 8th
had another meeting about the July 4th[?] event. Meagan
requested to talk to the Ranger. Described the rate of
gunfire was rapid. Meagan described what was a firearm
with a binary[?] trigger. She only knew one person with the weapon
binary[?] trigger that was used.

Pittman dismissed the jury for a few minutes about a
statement made by prosecution. Prosecution wanted to
name fellow defendants in case[?], wanted[?] to quote a
statement. Morris implicated one person and being very reckless
she joined SRA in 2021. Met an individual at range [illegible word]
where people go to shoot riffles. Had one individual who had
a safety talk at the range. At meetings they discussed
things such as antivice topics, transgender right and other topics.
Extraction[extractation?] from Signal chat. Morris said somebody
shot someone in cold blood. It could only be one person.
At 8pm group of people came to Morris residence they
departed at 9pm made it to Prairieland by 10pm
She described wearing black block clothing. Wearing dark
clothing and a mask. She said her phone was placed
in a Faraday bag.

Notes p. 5

Morris explained more about signal chats.
Morris said person wanted to shoot someone the whole
fire and other people where distractions. She did
discuss what other did with their cell phone at home.
Meagan never got out of the van. Meagan voluntarily
spoke to Rangers twice. She was very emotional about
describibg situation to the Rangers. Prairieland is a private
facility. Headquartered outside Hood county. Meagan
did not possess any weapons were illegal. She felt betrayed
by the person who shot the gun at the protest. She did
not participate in any weapon based protest. Meagan did
not transport any fireworks. During the second interview
Meagan was frustrated by what happened and Prairieland.
Consistent that she never gotten outside the van
in both interviews. The only information she has was from
law enforcement because she was incarcerated for only being
in a van. 3 distinct shooting in a short period of time
3 shots Lieutenant gross shots. There was a 2nd volley[?] after
no shot [illegoble]

Jury dismissed briefly again to read question
officer left out relevant facts

PM

Morris explained more about signal chats.
Morris said [?] people [?] wanted to shoot someone the video
fire and other people where distractions. She did
discuss what other did with their cell phone at home.
Meagan never got out of the van. Meagan voluntarily
spoke to Rangers twice. She was very emotional about
describing situation to the Ranger. Prairieland is a private
facility. They [?] questioned outside Hood County. Meagan
did not possess any weapons were illegal. She felt betrayed
by the person who shot the gun at the protest. She did
not participate in any weapon based protest. Meagan did
not transport any fireworks. During the second interview
Meagan was frustrated by what happened at Prairieland.
Consistent that she never gotten outside the van
in both interviews. The only information she had was from
law enforcement because she was incarcerated for only being
in a van. 3 distinct shootings in a short period of time
3 shots. Lieutenant gross shots. There was a 2nd volley after
no shot and [?] in [?]

Jury dismissed briefly again to read question
officer left out relevant facts
Judge apologized for time prior to lunch
Defense pointed out inconsistency in the testimony
of Williamson compared to Lt. Gross. Lt. Gross
omitted relevant information about what he told
Williamson. Questions the credibility of Lt. Gross
testimony.
Gross left out information that no one followed
up on with his statement to Williamson. Morris
did not have all of the information when she was
talking to Williamson. 2nd interview with Meagan was
about 4 hours long. Williamson asked questions about
a second shooter because he believed that there was
another one. Williamson didn’t believe there was
[?] by Williamson. Some of the defendants had
reconnaissance and previous surveillance. Williamson
believed it was very difficult to distinguish between
gunfire + fire works in the van.
Lt. Gross witness statement compared to body
cam believed his statement was credible.
6 sec between when he was shot and when he got
out of the car.

Distinction between sound of firearms and
fire works. Prosecution accused Meagan of minimizing
her role in the Prairieland incident. Lt. Gross
was minimizing his own role in the incident.

Agent Maguire. Patrick Maguire (FBI Agent assigned to
Violent Crimes Taskforce)
Reference [?] of signal chat starting on July 5th at 9:00 am(?)
Meagan arrived shortly 10 am. Upon arrival there where multiple
other people. She brought horrible [?] body armor and radio.
She brought those things as personal protection. Describe Signal as an
app for discussion and chatting etc. Meagan described the event as
having very little planning. Radios about people passing was told
the people were friendlies. Meagan wanted two minutes after
the gunfire happened and just left. Her car was parked pretty
far away from the actual shooting. Maguire received a cell phone
extraction record to get information from her phone. Evidence 154-157
information include state [?] on planning [?] protests including the [?]
4th of July Party. Evidence 145 – [?] Meagan described familiarity
with guns that fire binary trigger. She participated in range days. She
has been a member since 2020. As a member of SRA she has been to
two different ranges. They primarily shoot at static non-moving targets
In the chats they talked about politics, video games, and beer.
Anti ICE. If there are more liberals in a chat then there won’t
be a rat[?] or cop[?] the chat[?] according to Meagan. Evidence proves[?] planning[?] for the protest on July 4th party chat. Meagan was telling other [?]
to be aware of [?] being captured on cameras.
Friendly [?]. Prosecution showed pictures of flags and maps.
Map indicates where they planned they could be and not be for
a potential protest. They planned who would be sympathetic
to them in the city/the neighborhood. Maps sent out in the small[?]
chat (4th of July Party chat). Map show location Police located
near Prairieland detention facility. Spend time planning for
weather + surveillance cameras for the protest. Planned
for an escape on foot. Picture[?] is only evidence of a escape plan [?]
Meagan indicated that they thought there was only one shooter at a time
when[?] they thought there were two shooters. Meagan said
she stayed in the van + would be [?] to hear the sounds from
that distance while being in the van playing a [?] switch.
People were dressed in black to block their identity.

Meagan said that the person who fired the gun
wanted other people there for protection so that they
could live out their fantasy. Maguire believed there
were times that she was lying and telling the truth about
her statements. These people that knew each other from signal chat
and from the SRA. They may have spent the night at Meagan Morris
house. If she left immediately after the gunfire, she was
[?] stopped within minutes of leaving the scene. Based on
law enforcement experience doesn’t make it the truth. Just because
he believes something does not make it true. No information in planning
about the harming of other people in any of the Signal messages.
Meagan was upset that a shooting occurred. Helps indicate she
did not have planning in harming someone at the protest.
Context of maps were discussing how to exit the facility
and the plan for fireworks based on the weather.
Meagan referenced prior protests were protesters
had been attacked violently by a vehicle as a reason for
bringing weapons and body armor. Another signal chat
called Thursday. Gov’t exhibit 154 – signal chat.
Discussion & News. Everyone in the large group chat
did not know each other. Everyone in the chat did not
agree to what is written in the chat. Meagan said
in response Noise Demos are really done[?] for people
on the inside we used to do one in Dallas on NYE.
Letter writing nights + Noise Demos are the low risk things
that introduce people into organizing.
I don’t know if folks have done them before but they
are low risk and actually pretty fun. Return to
gov’t doc 156 – in group chat called 4th of July Party
Does the statement written add up to a conspiracy
to commit murder. Someone in the chat said
rifles might make the situation more hot or in other
words keep the cops from escalating the situation.
Maguire just assumed that Meagan didn’t hear the
rifle sound because he assumed she was playing a video
game with sound. Meagan described only hearing one
gun fire when there were actually two. There were
inconsistencies to Meagan’s story that she gave
to officer Maguire.

Agent Maguire did not read most of the signal chats
in question including the July 4th planning chat. Discussion
in the signal chat is about planning a protest but not an assault
on an officer. The signal chat references [?] and they to
be careful so that they do not break the law during the protest.
Prosecution is pointing to discrepancies between time in a video
compared to what Meagan Morris said. Condensation inside
[?] is proof inside vehicle there is someone. It is
also possible to see shadows inside the vehicle. Prosecution
did not believe Meagan was inside the vehicle when cop
car passed. Prosecution believed this hurt her credibility.

Take Aways

1) There was a coordinated effort to plan a
protest in the signal chat. However, all the
evidence points to just planning a presence and not
an attack on an officer.

2) Meagan Morris original statements to officer relies on
questionable information because she was incarcerated
during the gathering of information and she was not at the
protest because she was in her van. She was also
very emotional when she spoke both times due to a
variety of factors.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Summary

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Key Takeaways

Narrative Summary

Morning Session — Recall of Agent Bennett (~9:02 AM)

Witness: FBI Agent Morris Bogner — Special Agent (22 years), Counterterrorism Squad since 2010

Witness: FBI Agent Mark Van Horn — Special Agent (9 years), Dallas Evidence Response Team

Witness: Officer Andrea Grant — FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (1.5 years), Dallas PD

BREAK (~10:25 AM — resumed 10:45 AM)

Witness: Texas Ranger Tyler Williamson — 5 years with Rangers

Afternoon Session — Judge’s Ruling on Gross Statement Issue

Witness: FBI Agent Patrick McGuire — Special Agent (5 years), Fort Worth, Violent Crime Task Force

BREAK

Witness: Lynette Sharp — Cooperating Witness (in handcuffs and striped jumpsuit)

Incidents and Atmosphere

Section 2: Full Notes

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