Just weeks after he agreed to a bench trial before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., accused Jan. 6 rioter Trevor Brown of Novi, Michigan, has said he might invoke an insanity defense.
The disclosure was made in an Aug. 20 status report in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Lawyers for Brown noted in the filing that it may take a few weeks for their expert to complete an evaluation but they expect that by the next status conference on Sept. 3, “defendant will know for certain and inform the court whether he intends to assert an insanity defense and if so, a report will be prepared and ready for production to the court and the government by that date.”
Brown has already met with the expert evaluator, the status report notes, but there may be a second meeting needed, as well as further document review.
He is facing five charges including obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct and parading, and demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.