Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to throw out a request by a defendant convicted of involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month. according to a court case.
Cindy Young, of New Hampshire, was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of four felony counts of complicity in the Capitol riot earlier this year and sentenced to four months in prison and a term of probation, including conditions. which prevents him from entering Washington DC (DC) without the approval of his probation officer.
Last week, Young requested permission to attend Trump’s inauguration in a filing, saying he “does not pose a threat to the community and is not a flight risk.”
Violent rioters loyal to President Donald Trump attack the Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
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Justice Department prosecutors, however, disputed that argument, stating Repeated calls from young people to “pay”. against juries, judges and law enforcement involved in Capitol violation cases starting January 6.
“The danger Young presents to those in D.C. did not end when he left the building,” prosecutors said in Wednesday’s filing, also in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
They also noted that Young has publicly “taunted” the officers who attacked the pro-Trump mobs, many of whom “will once again be tasked with protecting the Capitol and the Constitution on January 20, 2025.”
“Therefore, being at an event staffed by law enforcement would not only be dangerous, but would also result in further victimization of the officers that Young has publicly mocked,” the filing said.
Young is just one of the January 6 defendants who have requested permission to attend Trump’s inauguration.
Retired Republican Representative Chris Stewart invited Russell TaylorCalifornia man who pleaded guilty to a felony for his part in the January 6 Capitol riots, to the inauguration. However, Taylor also needs a judge’s permission to travel to Washington after he “repeatedly called for violence and a show of force” to cancel the election and led a mob that broke through police lines near the inauguration on January 6. stage “wearing an exposed knife over a bulletproof chest plate and carrying bear spray,” according to his sentencing notes.
Taylor received credit from Judge Royce Lamberth, who oversaw his initial case and will determine his ability to travel to Washington, for agreeing to a plea deal, but has not yet decided whether he can attend the inauguration.
Another defendant from January 6, Eric Peterson permission requested to travel to Washington for the inauguration.
