Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol after he lost the 2020 presidential election are being allowed to return for his inauguration.
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.
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.
Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui approved Lee's request, noting that she isn't accused of engaging in violence and has complied with her release conditions. The magistrate said Lee “is coming to celebrate, not demonstrate” this time. Americans visiting Washington, D.C., share their frustrations about the inauguration events being moved indoors due to the cold weather.
The list of Jan. 6 riot defendants allowed to be in Washington on Monday also includes a New Jersey man who reported himself to the FBI, a New Hampshire woman who must serve a four-month prison sentence and a New Jersey man accused of using a bullhorn to encourage other rioters. “No longer will the participants and observers be in the District out of anger, ready to fight to try to wrest back the power they felt had been unjustly taken from them. Rather, they will be cheering the person they support, and law enforcement will not be in an antagonistic position to those attending the event,” Brennwald wrote.
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