A Jan. 6 rioter filed a letter exhibiting {that a} retired Republican congressman invited him to attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C, subsequent month.
Russell Taylor, a California native, pleaded responsible to an obstruction rely of official authorities proceedings in 2023. After coming into a responsible plea, he testified in opposition to a member of an anti-government militia who ended up being sentenced to jail.
On Wednesday, his legal professional, Dyke Huish, filed a movement to U.S. District Decide Royce Lamberth, asking the previous President Reagan-appointed justice to permit his consumer to attend Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.
Featured within the Wednesday submitting was a letter from former Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), which stated the retired lawmaker was inviting Taylor, his spouse and his three youngsters to the presidential inauguration.
“Russ is a successful entrepreneur and business owner with his wife. He is caring father and reveres his family, his faith, and his love of our Country as his highest priority in life. He is admired by many, and especially those in his community. Russ’ passion for what is right and good is reflected in his intentions to lift others,” Stewart wrote within the letter.
Stewart stated in it that “three different present members of the Utah congressional delegation be part of
with me in extending this invitation.” Stewart didn’t specify which members of the Utah delegation joined in on the invitation.
“I am honored to extend this invitation for him to attend the Inauguration as my guest,” Stewart wrote with out referencing Taylor’s alleged conduct on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prosecutors stated Taylor had an “exposed knife on top of a bulletproof chest plate and carrying bear spray, a hatchet, and other weapons in his backpack, led a mob that overran a police line on the inaugural stage and stormed the Capitol.”
Lamberth sentenced Taylor to a six-month dwelling confinement sentence, which he has accomplished. Taylor is now on probation.
Since 2021, over 1,500 folks have been charged with crimes relating to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, in accordance with the District of Columbia’s U.S. legal professional’s workplace.
