The judge eventually allow him to be release on condition

Capitol riot: James Beeks claimed in court that he is exempt from the US legal system because of a “divine” authority

A Michael Jackson impersonator who is accuse of participating in the US Capitol riot has clash with a judge after rejecting the court’s authority.
James Beeks was accus of “gobbledygook” by the judge after claiming he “divine” authority.

Also an actor.

Mr Beeks was arrested after FBI agents went to several of his performances of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

He is among nearly 700 people charged over the 6 January riot.

Mr Beeks is charged with obstruction of Congress and unlawful entry of a restricted building. He has yet to enter a plea to the charges he faces.

Prosecutors were not seeking pre-trial in Capitol
detention for him at Monday’s hearing in Washington DC, but he was nearly remand in custody after a courtroom outburst.

The defendant, of Orlando, Florida, argued that he had “divine” authority.

and that he could not serve as his own lawyer in a trial.

“I cannot represent myself because I am myself,” he said.

After Mr Beeks claimed to be exempt from the US legal system of Capitol
the judge told him: “That’s all gobbledygook.”

“A defendant who rejects the jurisdiction of the court, rejects subject to the laws of the United States, rejects the rule of law is not typically release pre-trial because that person cannot be trust to comply with the conditions of pre-trial release,” Chief US District Judge Beryl Howell warn him.

Mr Beeks denied being an adherent of the so-called sovereign citizen movement, rejecting the label as an “insult”.

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The judge eventually allow him to be release on condition that he wear a GPS tracking device.

does not possess firearms, and avoids all contact with Oath Keepers.

an anti-government militia of which he is alleg to be a member.

Mr Beeks arrest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week after the agents attend two shows of a travelling performance of Jesus Christ Superstar, in which he plays Judas.

Investigators say Mr Beeks wore a jacket from the pop star’s 1987 “Bad” world tour to the riot, and brought a homemade shield.

He was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol building, according to an FBI affidavit.

Mr Beeks, not picture, is accuse of storming the US Capitol in January
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Mr Beeks, not pictured, is accuse of storming the US Capitol in JanuarySeveral other alleged Capitol rioters have also argued.

that the sovereign citizen movement makes them immune from prosecution.

In September,
a Pennsylvania restaurant owner was order to be jail by another Washington DC judge after failing to comply with the conditions of her pre-trial release.

Pauline Bauer, who is acting as her own lawyer

quoted Bible verses in court and interrupted the judge while claiming that she was a “free living soul” not subject to US laws.

She also argued that she does not legally qualify as a “person” and is instead a “vessel” or “living embodiment of God’s creation”.

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