A phone call transcript shows that far-right activist Steven Hotze was aware ahead of time of plans to cause a wreck and make a 'citizen's arrest' of an air conditioning repairman by a private investigator he hired to look into a voter fraud conspiracy.
and pulled a gun on him, far-right activist Steven Hotze called then-U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick and told him about the plans to have “a wreck,” court documents show.of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful restraint, asked Patrick whether he could send federal marshals to help his private investigator. The investigator, former Houston Police Department captain Mark Aguirre, faces the same charges.
Hotze added later in the call: “In fact, told me last night, hell, I’m gonna have, the guy’s gonna have a wreck tomorrow. I’m going to run into him and I’m gonna make a citizen’s arrest.” “I can’t just send marshals. That’s not, the marshals don’t work for me,” Patrick said. “I don’t have any, there are no federal agents that work for me. I don’t have officers, I don’t have investigators, like a DA’s office. I don’t have any peace officers or federal agents that work for me.
Prosecutors still will have to show Hotze was attempting to aid Aguirre in the alleged crime, by soliciting, encouraging, directing, aiding, or attempting to aid the other person to commit the offense. To make that argument, they likely would point to the fact Hotze was paying Aguirre to carry out his investigation.
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