Morss and others attempted to push the fence which police were holding to separate them from the crowd. He said to officers: “You guys are betraying us. You get paid enough to betray your people.”
He held a yellow Gadsden flag as the crowd advanced toward the West Terrace archway. People there were subjected to police brutalities. Morss yelled into the crowd for protesters to pick up fallen shields and pass them towards the archway so people there could form a wall against police.
Please keep in mind that in the United States, every citizen charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- First Name(s): Robert
- Last Name(s): Morss
- Case Number: 1:21-cr-40
- Arrest Location: Glenshaw, PA
- Judge: Trevor McFadden
- Entry Last Updated: 12/08/2022
- Date Docket Downloaded: 12/06/2021
- Currently Incarcerated: Yes
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Charges
Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers and Aiding and Abetting (10) Robbery and Aiding and Abetting (20) Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers and Aiding and Abetting (27) Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting (34) Civil Disorder (35) Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon (41) Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon (49) Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building (52) Act of Physical Violence in a Capitol Grounds or Buildings (53)
Case Status
Arrested 6/11/21. Charged via third superseding indictment. Arraigned 6/30/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts, and again on 12/17/21. During a bench trial on 8/23/22, he was found guilty of counts 20, 27, and 34 of the Fifth Superseding Indictment. Sentencing is scheduled for 1/31/23 at 10am in Courtroom 2.
Interested Party
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Charles Tobin
Interested Party's Lawyer
Lauren Russell
Interested Party's Lawyer
Maxwell Mishkin
USA Attorney
Jocelyn Bond
Jocelyn Patricia Bond
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
555 Fourth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 252-2571
Email: [email protected]
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant U.S. Attorney
USA Attorney
Kimberley Charlene Nielsen
Kimberley Charlene Nielsen
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Homicide Section
555 4th Street NW
Room 9913
Washington, DC 20532
(202) 252-7418
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LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant U.S. Attorney
USA Attorney
Melissa Jackson
Melissa Joy Jackson
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
555 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20530
202-252-7786
Email: [email protected]
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant U.S. Attorney
Prison Name
Robert Morss Inmate#50786 Northern Neck Regional Jail POBOX 1060 Warsaw,VA 23572
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Case Documents
- Updates to Docket-12.6.21
- Docket Download-7.28.21
- THIRD SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
- FOURTH SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
- #328 FIFTH SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
- #1-SEALED COMPLAINT as to ROBERT MORSS
- #3-MOTION to Seal Case by USA as to ROBERT MORSS
- #4-ORDER granting 3 Motion to Seal Case as to ROBERT MORSS
- #5-Arrest Warrant Returned Executed on 6.11.2021 in Glenshaw, PA as to ROBERT MORSS
- Docket Download-7.28.21
- #75-NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
- #76-NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
- #80-MEMORANDUM in Support of Pretrial Detention by USA as to ROBERT MORSS
- #81-MOTION to Continue Bail Hearing, Unopposed by ROBERT MORSS
- #82-ORDER granting 81 Unopposed Motion by Defendant ROBERT MORSS
- #84-SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM in Support of Pretrial Detention - by USA as to ROBERT MORSS
- #85-RESPONSE by ROBERT MORSS To The Government's Motion for Pre-Trial Detention-SEALED
- #87-MEMORANDUM in Support of Pretrial Detention -second supplement by USA as to ROBERT MORSS
- #88-SUPPLEMENT by ROBERT MORSS re 87 Supplemental Response to the Government's Motion for Pre-Trial Detention
- #89-REDACTED DOCUMENT by ROBERT MORSS of Response to the Government's Motion for Pre-Trial Detention
- #90-NOTICE Letter with Exhibits A-H to be Introduced at Bail Hearing by ROBERT MORSS
- #91-MEMORANDUM in Support of Pretrial Detention Third Supplement by USA as to ROBERT MORS
- #93-APPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO VIDEO EXHIBITS by PRESS COALITION as to ROBERT MORSS
- #94-NO~1
- #120-STATUS REPORT Regarding Status of Discovery by USA
- #139-MOTION to Substitute Attorney by ROBERT MORSS
- #164-Emergency MOTION to Revoke Detention Order and for Pretrial Release by ROBERT MORSS
- #165-MOTION to Substitute Attorney (Memorandum in Support) by ROBERT MORSS as to ROBERT MORSS
- #168-Waiver of Potential Conflict of Interest by ROBERT MORSS (
- #171-MOTION Leave to Adopt Motions to Dismiss Counts Charging Under 18 USC Sec. 1512 by ROBERT MORSS
- #172-MOTION Leave to Adopt Motion to Compel Discovery in Support of Co Defendant David Lee Judd's Claim of Selective Prosecution by ROBERT MORSS
- #176-RESPONSE by USA as to ROBERT MORSS
- #177-MOTION for Extension of Time to File Reply by ROBERT MORSS
- #189-REPLY in Support by ROBERT MORSS re 164 Emergency MOTION to Revoke Detention Order and for Pretrial Release
- #205-REPLY TO OPPOSITION to Motion by ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS as to GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS re 188 MOTION for Release from Custody as
- #208 MOTION for Order implementing proposed pretrial scheduling order by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN.
- #232 MOTION for Order to issue proposed pre-trial scheduling order for severance and other Rule 12 motions by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN.
- #277 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re [206] MOTION to Sever Defendant, [207] MOTION to Sever Defendant, [249] MOTION to Sever Defendant for Trial
- #278 MOTION Adopt Co-defendant Motion by CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN as to ROBERT MORSS.
- #283-MOTION for Bond Reconsideration by ROBERT MORSS
- #286 MOTION Adopt and Join Motion of Co-Defendant Morss for Reconsideration of Pretrial Release by GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS.
- #288 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to [259] MOTION to Dismiss Count Thirty-Four by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN.
- #291 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS re [283] MOTION for Reconsideration, [286] MOTION for Joinder
- #292 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re [278] MOTION for Joinder, [258] MOTION for Joinder and to adopt Motion for Change of Venue, [269] MOTION for Joinder, [257] MOTION to Change Venue, [262] MOTION for Joinder, [260] MOTION for Joinder, [279] MOTION for Joinder
- #293 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN
- #294 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re [254] MOTION to Dismiss Count Thirty-Five, [262] MOTION for Joinder, [271] MOTION for Joinder, [268] MOTION for Joinder
- #295 RESPONSE by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re [256] MOTION to Dismiss Count Thirty-Eight and Forty-Six, [271] MOTION for Joinder, [262] MOTION for Joinder, [268] MOTION for Joinder Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Counts
- #295 a) Exhibit
- #296 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re [278] MOTION for Joinder, [259] MOTION to Dismiss Count Thirty-Four, [255] MOTION to Dismiss Count Thirty-Four, [269] MOTION for Joinder, [271] MOTION for Joinder, [262] MOTION for Joinder, [253] MOTION to Dismiss Count Thirty-Four, [279] MOTION for Joinder
- #296 Exhibit Hale-Cusanelli Pretrial Ruling Transcript
- #299-REPLY TO OPPOSITION to Motion by ROBERT MORSS re [283] MOTION for Reconsideration of pretrial release
- #300 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE of AUSA Melissa Jackson by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN
- #313 MOTION in Limine to Limit Cross-Examination of Secret Service Agency Witnesses by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN.
- #314 MOTION in Limine Regarding Evidence About the Specific Locations of U.S. Capitol Police Surveillance Cameras by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN
- #324-MOTION in Limine to Preclude Claim of Self Defense by USA as to ROBERT MORSS
- #334-MOTION Adopt and Join Co-Defendant Motions by ROBERT MORSS
- #340-MOTION for Reconsideration MOTION TO SEVER PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 14(a) by DAVID MEHAFFIE
- #341-MEMORANDUM ORDER denying 283 Motion for Reconsideration as to ROBERT MORS
- #351-REPLY TO OPPOSITION to Motion by ROBERT MORSS re [324] MOTION in Limine to Preclude Claim of Self Defense
- #353 RESPONSE by ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS re [313] MOTION in Limine to Limit Cross-Examination of Secret Service Agency Witnesses
- #354 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re 329 MOTION in Limine AUTHENTICATION OF STILL IMAGES
- #355-MOTION to Compel Discovery by ROBERT MORSS
- #367 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re 329 MOTION in Limine AUTHENTICATION OF STILL IMAGES
- #369-Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to DAVID LEE JUDD, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS
- #374 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, DAVID LEE JUDD, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH QUAGLIN, ROBERT MORSS, GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS, DAVID MEHAFFIE, STEVEN CAPPUCCIO, FEDERICO GUILLERMO KLEIN re [358] MOTION for Joinder and to Supplement, ECF. No. 355, Motion to Compel Communications with and Transcripts produced for House Select Committee Hearings on January 6, [368] MOTION for Joinder and Supplement Motion to Continue Trial, [355] MOTION to Compel Discovery, [359] MOTION for Joinder, [360] MOTION to Continue Trial, [356] MOTION for Leave to Join, [364] MOTION for Leave to Join
- #386-REPLY TO OPPOSITION to Motion by ROBERT MORSS re [355] MOTION to Compel Discovery
- #387 REPLY TO OPPOSITION to Motion by GEOFFREY WILLIAM SILLS re [356] MOTION for Leave to Join Motion to Compel Discovery of Co-Defendant Robert Morss
- #388-ORDER denying pending motions to dismiss as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III (1), TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, ROBERT MORSS, DAVID MEHAFFIE
- #393-Proposed Voir Dire by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, ROBERT MORSS, DAVID MEHAFFIE
- #418-NOTICE of Waiver of Jury Trial by USA as to PATRICK EDWARD MCCAUGHEY, III, TRISTAN CHANDLER STEVENS, ROBERT MORSS, DAVID MEHAFFIE
- #430-STATEMENT OF FACTS FOR STIPULATED TRIAL by USA and ROBERT MORSS
- #431-AGREEMENT AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL RIGHTS by ROBERT MORSS
- #432-WAIVER of Trial by Jury as to ROBERT MORSS
- #442-ORDER as to ROBERT MORSS
- #457 NOTICE OF FILING REGARDING DEADLY AND DANGEROUS WEAPON INSTRUCTION
- #471-R~1
- #476-NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
- #478-MOTION to Substitute Attorney by John Kiyonaga. by ROBERT MORSS
Associates
- Steven Cappuccio
- David Mehaffie
- Tristan Chandler Stevens
- Geoffrey William Sills
- Christopher Joseph Quaglin
- Patrick Edward McCaughey, III
- David Lee Judd
- Federico Klein
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