A judge has denied a request from a Jan. 6 defendant to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration after he was invited by a former member of Congress.
A judge rejected a request from a Jan. 6 defendant to attend President-elect Donald Trump 's inauguration after the man was invited by a former member of Congress. The defendant, Russell Taylor, was accused of organizing a group of 'fighters' to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. In 2023, he pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding, and he went on to cooperate with the government by providing testimony against the Three Percenters militia. U.S.
District Judge Royce Lamberth said in a Friday filing that 'this Court finds that the particular nature and severity of Mr. Taylor’s conduct at the Capitol Riots counsel against giving him the permission to travel that he now seeks,' running through a list of Taylor's actions during and prior to the attack on the Capitol. 'To attend the Presidential Inauguration, which celebrates and honors the peaceful transfer of power, is an immense privilege,' Lamberth said. 'It would not be appropriate for the Court to grant permission to attend such a hallowed event to someone who carried weapons and threatened police officers in an attempt to thwart the last Inauguration, and who openly glorified 'nsurrection' against the United States,' he added. Taylor's attorney Dyke E. Huish did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. referred to prosecutors' previous filings. The D.C. U.S. attorney's office filed a motion in December opposing Taylor's request to travel to D.C., urging the court to 'not look past his criminal conduct the last time he was on Capitol grounds.' Former Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, wrote in a December letter to the judge that he and three current members of the Utah congressional delegation were inviting Taylor to the inauguration, though Stewart did not specify which representatives were extending the invitation. 'He is admired by many, and especially those in his community'
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