Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged a federal choose to reject a request from a defendant convicted for participation within the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration subsequent month, in line with a court docket submitting.
Cindy Younger, of New Hampshire, was convicted within the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia of 4 misdemeanor costs earlier this yr for becoming a member of the Capitol riot and was sentenced to 4 months incarceration in addition to a time period of probation — which included situations that bar her from getting into Washington, D.C., with out approval from her probation officer.
Final week, Younger requested permission to attend Trump’s inauguration in a submitting stating she “poses no risk of hazard to the group and he or she will not be a threat of flight.”
Violent rioters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.
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Prosecutors with the Division of Justice, nonetheless, disputed that argument, pointing to repeated requires “retribution” from Younger within the years since Jan. 6 towards jurors, judges and legislation enforcement concerned within the Capitol breach instances.
“The danger Younger presents to these in D.C. didn’t finish together with her exit from the Constructing,” prosecutors mentioned of their Wednesday submitting, additionally within the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia.
They additional famous that Younger has publicly “mocked” officers who had been attacked by the pro-Trump mob, a lot of whom “will, as soon as once more, be tasked in defending the Capitol and Structure on January 20, 2025.”
“As such, her presence at an occasion staffed by legislation enforcement wouldn’t solely current a hazard however would trigger additional victimization for the officers who Younger has publicly mocked,” they mentioned within the submitting.
Younger is only one amongst a variety of Jan. 6 defendants who’ve requested permission to attend Trump’s inauguration.
Retired Republican Rep. Chris Stewart invited Russell Taylor, a California man who pleaded responsible to a felony for participation within the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, to the inauguration. Nevertheless, Taylor additionally should obtain permission from a choose to journey to Washington, D.C., after he “repeatedly referred to as for violence and a present of power” to overturn the election and on Jan. 6 led a mob that overran a police line close to the inaugural stage whereas carrying “an uncovered knife on high of a bullet proof chest plate and carrying bear spray,” in line with his sentencing memo.
Taylor obtained credit score from Decide Royce Lamberth, who oversaw his preliminary case and can decide his skill to journey Washington, for his settlement to enter right into a plea deal, however he has not dominated but whether or not he might attend the inauguration.
One other Jan. 6 defendant, Eric Peterson, additionally requested permission to journey to Washington for the inauguration.
