A Georgian man detained in connection with the Capitol rebellion is now “humiliated” and is appealing to a judge for release to his parents’ home, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, has been in federal custody since he was arrested on February 5 for his alleged role in the January 6 invasion of the Capitol and assaulting an officer on his way to the Senate floor. He wrote a letter to United States District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss on Thursday, in which he begged for an early release and asked to meet with his family before the trial.
Cua has promised “not to get out of line” and is appealing an earlier decision that rejected his bail request. The 18-year-old is reportedly the youngest supporter of Trump to be accused of violating the government building, but he also faces some of the more serious charges.
“I will never be the same person, the prison has had its full effect on me (sic), I am completely humiliated, deeply remoursefull (sic) and sorry!” Cua wrote to the federal judge on Thursday. “After all, that’s what prison is for, right? Teach people a lesson? Lesson fully received, Your Honor.”
“My posts were silly, anti-sacral [sic], and false, this is not who I am or want to be, I completely understood a very painful! [sic] Lesson during the last month in prison, including more than two weeks in isolation. I completely lost those aggressive feelings and turned away from the whole political idea. I was wrong, “continued Cua.
The 18-year-old was one of about a dozen people who managed to gain access to the floors of the Chamber or the Senate. His Parler account, the right-wing social media app that allowed protesters to link plans, was mentioned during Trump’s impeachment trial.
“President Trump is calling us to FIGHT!” Cua reportedly posted to his Parler account shortly before the January 6 uprising. “DOJ, SCOTUS, FBI, his own office, everyone has betrayed him. It’s Trump & WeThePeople VS the deep state and the CCP. He knows that this is the only way to save our great country, appear on January 6th. time to take our freedom back to the old fashioned way. Thisisour1776. “
Cua is being held at Grady County Jail in Chickasha, Oklahoma, where he was transferred after spending weeks at the Atlanta Detention Center. His trial is scheduled for May 10, but court officials acknowledged that this could be postponed for a variety of reasons, including the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
His defense lawyers repeatedly characterized him as an “impressionable 18-year-old boy who was finishing his online course to graduate from high school when he was arrested”.
Federal prosecutors said Cua fulfilled his promise to “fight” on Capitol Hill, even pushing an officer on January 6. A federal judge previously denied his bail to be released on February 12.
Newsweek contacted the federal judge who presided over the Cua case on Saturday morning for additional details.
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