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Can Jan. 6 rioter attend Trump’s inauguration with Utah delegates? Judge has a blunt answer: No.
A federal judge denied a request from former Rep. Chris Stewart that a man convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol be allowed to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, saying "it would not be appropriate."
Nearly four years after rioters violently attempted to stop the certification of presidential election results, a federal judge has rejected a request that a man convicted for his role in the Capitol rampage attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on the invitation of former Rep. Chris Stewart and, reportedly, three of Utah’s current members of Congress.
“It would not be appropriate,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote, “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.”
Russell Taylor, who has been described by prosecutors as a leader in the Jan. 6, 2021, revolt, brought knives, a stun baton, two hatchets and carbon fiber knuckle gloves to the Capitol, according to court records, and encouraged others to bring weapons.
Stewart, who was among the 147 congressional Republicans who voted not to certify President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump, wrote to Lamberth in December on behalf of Taylor — a Californian convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
In the letter, Stewart cited his previous positions in Congress and the U.S. Air Force in making the request that Taylor be allowed to accept his invite, adding, “three other current members of the Utah congressional delegation join with me in extending this invitation.”
