
Jensen returning to jail after violating pretrial release conditions in Capitol riot involvement
Also Thursday, Doug Jensen of Des Moines, Iowa, was ordered to return to jail after violating conditions of his pretrial release that barred him from accessing the Internet. Jensen, 42, was arrested in January and charged with seven federal crimes including assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; obstruction of a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder and entering and remaining in a restricted building after he was seen on video at the front of a group making their way into the Capitol behind a Capitol Police officer. Prosecutors said a pretrial services officer caught Jensen streaming the Cyber Symposium held by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on an iPhone in his garage. A court brief said Jensen initially claimed the phone was his daughter’s, then that his wife left the news on for him when he left for work before admitting he spent two days streaming the conference while cutting a tree down in his yard. The violation occurred two weeks after Jensen, who was also a QAnon follower, renounced his belief in the conspiracy after spending six months in a Washington, D.C., jail. Jensen’s attorney, Christopher Davis, said he had complied with every other condition of his release and intended to comply with the Internet prohibition but prosecutors noted he violated the provision despite being monitored with the most stringent level of pretrial supervision available. “Frankly, I think it’s probably a logical inference that there are no conditions that I can impose that will ensure Mr. Jensen does not pose a risk to the community,” Judge Timothy Kelly said. “I made Mr. Jensen’s conditions of release extraordinarily clear.” Reporting by Daniel UriaUnited Press International is an international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the 20th century.