Judge Hogan on the record: Ryan Nichols' due process rights were violated

Transcript page from Ryan Nichols' December 20, 2021 second bond hearing before Hon. Thomas F. Hogan. The Judge acknowledges 22-23 hour/day cell retention as "terrible, confining, and difficult" and accepts defense counsel's argument that Ryan's due-process rights were violated — "that should be another basis for his release." On the same page, attorney Joseph McBride lays out retaliation: the DC Jail confiscated Ryan's discovery and revoked his laptop access immediately after he raised conditions of confinement in his November 1 papers. Despite this on-record admission, bond was again denied.

Source: Transcript — U.S. v. Nichols, Dec 20, 2021 bond hearing (Hon. Thomas F. Hogan, D.D.C.)