The DOJ wants to bar the defendants on Jan. 6 from attending Trump’s inauguration

Attorneys for the Justice Department urged a joint jury to reject the requests of at least two defendants on January 6 who asked to be allowed to return to the nation’s capital for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Cindy Young, who was convicted of four charges for her involvement in the Capitol painting, and Russell Taylor, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, both pleaded with the courts to allow them to return to Washington, DC, despite the provisions of their sentences. so they don’t stay.

“Contrary to Young’s self-described ‘not a danger to the public,’ Young poses a danger to the DC community, including the very police who are protecting the Capitol on January 6, 2021,” the U.S. attorneys said in response. at Young’s request. Attorneys for the state cited calls from Young for “retribution to those involved in the January 6 prosecution” and said he failed to “see the seriousness of his actions.”

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The request of Taylor, who was invited to attend the inauguration of members of the Utah congressional delegation, is also being challenged by Justice Department lawyers who say the seriousness of his crimes should prevent him from being able to “return to the judiciary. crime scene.”

“He is asking the Court to bless his desire to return to the scene, and the Court should not overlook his criminal behavior during his last time at the Capitol,” US attorneys wrote in a filing filed with the US State Department. Judge Royce Lamberth. The attorneys added to their court filing that, while they had granted previous travel requests for some of the defendants involved in the Capitol siege, those permits were to support continued employment, and the requests did not include travel to the nation’s capital.

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However, another January 6 defendant, Eric Peterson, who was convicted in November of his involvement in the Capitol painting but has not yet been sentenced, was granted permission by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan to travel to the district to swear in Trump. -at the event, according to Peterson’s trial docket. Notably, the docket did not include any responses from the Justice Department urging Chutkan to deny Peterson’s request.

Trump supporters attempt to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on January 6. ((AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File))

It remains uncertain whether Trump will pardon some, or all, of those defendants convicted of crimes for their involvement in the 2021 US Capitol siege.

Trump said that sometimes amnesty will be reserved for those who lived peacefully on that terrible day; however, in other places he has proposed amnesty to all the condemned. One thing that Trump has confirmed is that the pardon will come soon after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.

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The Department of Justice declined to comment on the matter.