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Here's the public dial-in line for Judge Royce Lamberth's courtroom if you'd like to listen to Chansley's sentencing: Toll Free Number: 888-636-3807 Access Code: 6967853

Lamberth tentatively sets Little's sentencing for Feb. 11, that's a wrap on that

AUSA says Little hasn't been sentenced yet so there's no presentence report about his background, notes the nature of Jan. 6. Lamberth agrees to defer the issue until later, so firearm restrictions stand for now

Little's lawyer is arguing to lift firearm restrictions as part of his pretrial release conditions pending sentencing, says he lives out in the country in NC, always had firearms, last year his dog got attacked by a copperhead and he had to kill it with a gun. Prosecutor objects.

Judge Lamberth asks Little some standard questions making sure no one made promises to him about a sentence. Lamberth notes he hasn't done many sentencings so far in Jan. 6 cases, "I really don't know where all these are going so I can't tell you myself what I'm gonna do"

Little's lawyer tells the judge that they did discuss that part of the plea deal, and they all move on

Re: $500 restitution section, Little tells Lamberth that he doesn't understand "why I'm having to pay for other damages that people did to the Capitol." Judge explains that's what's in the plea deal, and if he wants to go to trial that's his choice. Little: "Okay I agree to it"

Little's plea hearing got started a little late but it's underway now. He's pleading guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol, the class B misdemeanor that most Jan. 6 defendants have pleaded guilty to so far. Max sentence is 6 mos in jail

Note that a criminal contempt prosecution is different from a civil suit seeking to enforce a congressional subpoena (a la the Don McGahn case) — even if Bannon is convicted in the end, it doesn't mean he'll be forced to testify/produce documents

And that's a wrap, a typically short and uneventful initial appearance (there are usually only fireworks if there's a fight over pretrial detention). Bannon is due to appear next before Judge Carl Nichols on Nov. 18, but it'll be a virtual hearing

Throughout the pandemic the courtrooms have been equipped with clear partitions around the counsel tables and where the judge/court staff sit

What else we can see in the courtroom: So far during the hearing, the judge and Bannon have been unmasked (judges here have discretion to allow participants to be unmasked), defense lawyers and prosecutors and everyone else in the courtroom is masked