A U.S. District Judge denied a Jan. 6 rioter’s request to attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration later this month.
Russell Taylor, who is on probation after pleading guilty to obstructing an official proceeding, petitioned the court for permission to travel outside of the Central District of California to attend the ceremony after being invited by lawmakers.
Judge Royce Lamberth denied the request in a Friday court order, reflecting on the event that took place after the 2020 presidential election.
“Mr. Taylor brought a knife and plate carrier vest to the Capitol and carried a backpack containing a hatchet and stun baton,” Lamberth noted in the order.
“During the Riots, Mr. Taylor pushed past police barricades, encouraged fellow rioters to push against a police line where officers were being visibly assaulted, joined the push himself, and repeatedly threatened the police protecting the Upper West Terrace that it was their ‘[l]ast chance’ to ‘stand down’ and abandon their position,” the judge wrote.
Although Taylor did not injure any on duty officers, Lamberth said the effort to incite a riot warranted concerns for his attendance at high-profile future political events
“While he did not personally assault law enforcement officers, he did threaten them and encourage other rioters who were actively assaulting them,” Lamberth stated. “He also contributed meaningfully to the sheer danger of the day’s events by arriving armed and armored.”
“And although Mr. Taylor’s rhetoric on the day of the Capitol Riots is interspersed with pro-America motifs and allusions, his unlawful conduct and his later espousal of ‘insurrection’ belie any patriotic motives he may have professed that day,” he added.
Taylor’s attorney, Dyke E. Hush, praised Taylor’s compliance with probation orders and court cooperation that led to the conviction of the Three Percenters militia as proof of his changed behavior.
“While this ruling is disappointing, as my client is a huge supporter of president-elect Trump, he does understand the court denial of his request,” Hush told NBC News.
ALL for damn politics
I SAY, PHUXX THE JUDGE AND GO! YOU WERE INVITED, WHO CARES WHAT THESE DEMONIC SOROS BOUGHT JUDGE THINK. THEY AREN’T FOLLOWING THE LAW OR THE CONSTITUTION, WHY SHOULD YOU LISTEN TO HIM? JANUARY 20TH WILL BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS
This is nothing more than a case of the judicial system holding a grudge against a person at the Capitol that day. I would like to know the person that invited him there. Sounds like something the FBI would do. We all know just how honest they are.
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All J6 imprisoned people must be released immediately for this fact alone: Pelosi caused the incursion by denying the “National Guard Presence” on J6 which is a Federal Offense and would have calmed any of the BLM and Antifa down so Maga Trumpers would not have reacted the same way as peaceful protesters would have. Pelosi’s Playbook caused the ENTIRE Incursion! An Insurrection is when a group wants to over throw a Government which was a Republican Government on J^. So that means if an Insurrection happened, it was the Democrats that caused it because the Dems wanted to overthrow the Republican Government. That is the meaning of Insurrection! These are facts and that is the truth! Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Cheney and Thompson are the guilty parties and Trump’s Administration will prove this!!!!! Hopefully they all will be doing time and the Truth will prevail!