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Judges allow some Capitol riot defendants to go to D.C. for inauguration
Los Angeles Times ^ | January 18, 2025 9:54 AM PT | Michael Kunzelman

Posted on 01/18/2025 12:29:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

WASHINGTON —  Thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol after he lost the 2020 presidential election. Four years later, some of them are allowed to return to the nation’s capital so they can celebrate Trump’s return to the White House.

At least 20 defendants charged with or convicted of joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol have asked federal judges for permission to attend President-elect Trump’s second inauguration Monday, according to an Associated Press review of court records.

The majority can go. Several cannot.

In most cases, Justice Department prosecutors have argued that Capitol riot defendants shouldn’t be able to return to the scene of their crimes while they’re under the court’s supervision.

“What’s past is prologue, and the defendants could easily find themselves in another situation where they engage in mob violence,” a prosecutor wrote in opposing a New York couple’s travel request.

At least 11 defendants have received the court’s permission to attend the inauguration, a day when Trump may issue mass pardons to Capitol rioters. Judges have denied requests made by at least seven others.

Many other convicted Capitol rioters may be free to attend if they have completed their sentences. Typically, those who remain under the court’s supervision after an arrest, a probation sentence or release from prison must get a judge’s approval to travel outside their home district.

Among those who can attend is Deborah Lynn Lee, a Pennsylvania woman accused of posting social media messages calling for the execution of her political opponents in the days leading up to the riot. Lee was charged in August 2021, was convicted of four misdemeanors after a trial last October and is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 27.

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1 posted on 01/18/2025 12:29:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

1 MILLION % CORRECT


2 posted on 01/18/2025 12:32:25 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Justice Department Fedsurrection supporting prosecutors have argued that Capitol riot defendants shouldn’t be able to return to the scene of their crimes while they’re under the court’s supervision until they are released from Gitmo'.

Fixed it.....

3 posted on 01/18/2025 12:35:12 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Would love to learn the truth; the whole truth and nothing but the truth about Jan. 6th.

Maybe one day....

4 posted on 01/18/2025 12:39:12 PM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think Trump’s justice department should go after those who built the gallows.


5 posted on 01/18/2025 12:41:41 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Netflix made a movie “The 6th” and it makes it much worse than it was. Liberals call it proof of the insurrection. From comments POS I think. I have not seen the movie.


6 posted on 01/18/2025 12:54:37 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: alternatives?

Why? A 4 foot tall art project?


7 posted on 01/18/2025 12:56:23 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good news, but will there even be enough room in the Rotunda? We will soon find out.


8 posted on 01/18/2025 1:10:18 PM PST by lee martell
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To: piasa

Strong suspicion the “gallows” builders were Feds.


9 posted on 01/18/2025 1:16:59 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: Churchillspirit

The truth anyone needs to see is that the 2017 inauguration rioters haven’t been sitting in prison for 4 years. They’re the right kind of rioters (in the left’s eyes).


10 posted on 01/18/2025 1:43:44 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: piasa

You only build gallows if you are planning on insurrection.


11 posted on 01/18/2025 2:37:55 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: oldplayer

It’s too easy for Antifa to implant themselfs in with the patriots. Anything the patriots do will be destroyed to make them the pasty again. I would be afraid to go there. Find some other place to gather.


12 posted on 01/18/2025 2:48:35 PM PST by WVNan (and)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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13 posted on 01/18/2025 2:55:42 PM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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The two vicious loser prose-clowns little matty graves and pavan "H1B Boy" krishnamurthy [who have skedaddled before the Wrath of The Hounds of The Trump catches up with them] wrote:

“What’s past is prologue, and the defendants could easily find themselves in another situation where they engage in mob violence”

A matched pair of lying scum, those two.

14 posted on 01/18/2025 7:03:08 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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