In early October 2023 Ronald “Colt” McAbee was convicted by a District of Columbia jury on all counts that remained in the indictment filed against him for his actions on January 6.
I represented Colt for more than 18 months, but we had a falling out earlier in 2023. As a result, he requested to have a public defender appointed, and at trial he was represented by an Assistant Federal Public Defender from the Western District of Virginia the Court appointed to take over his defense
Just before the start of the trial, Colt pled guilty to some of the charges in the indictment, including felony counts of interfering with law enforcement and participating in a “civil disorder.” On the evidence, he probably had little chance of acquittal on the “civil disorder” charge, but the “interfering” charge was more problematic for the prosecution.
Colt went to trial on the remaining…
