1/6 rioter accused of tasing Officer Fanone says he wasn't properly read his rights

Lawyers for Daniel Rodriguez also attempted on Tuesday to throw out his statement because their client was subjected to"coercive questioning,"to The Huffington Post. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson did not make a final ruling but appeared unconvinced by the defense arguments, while suggesting that she would allow most of Rodriguez's recorded FBI statement to be admitted if the case goes to trial.

Jackson did say that a small portion of the video recorded before Rodriguez was read his rights would not be allowed during the potential trial, although the defendant's statement on tasing and more occurred later.

Rodriguez does appear to clearly admit to tasing Fanone during the portion of the video that is likely to be admissible. He also credited conspiracy theorist and podcast host Alex Jones for radicalizing him to"fight" for former President's false claims of massive election fraud, while describing himself as"so stupid" and a"f***ing piece of sh*t" for doing so.

"I don't know. I'm a piece of sh*t," Rodriguez is heard saying when FBI agents asked why he tased Fanone."I'm sorry. I don't know. He's a human being with children, and he's not a bad guy. He sounds like he's just doing his job and he's ... I'm an a**hole." He later added,"I don't really know exactly why I tased him. When you do something, you're like, godd*mnit, why did I do that? I just ... I had ... got caught up in the moment and I didn't really think. I didn't think about him and his family and what was going to happen to him. I should've protected him and stopped what was going on."

Throw the book at him!

I'm surprised more people haven't thought of using the 'got caught up in the moment' defense.

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