A woman accused in the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill received permission from a federal judge to travel to Mexico later this month.
In an order issued on Friday, the US District Judge, Trevor McFadden, complied with Jenny Louise Cudd’s request to make a “professional bond trip” with her employees to Riviera Maya, Mexico, between 18 and 21 January February.
Cudd’s request, filed earlier this week, argued that it was prepaid and work-related for employees and their spouses.
“Before the alleged offense in question, Ms. Cudd planned and prepaid a weekend retreat with her employees for the dates of February 18 to February 21, 2021, in Riviera Maya, Mexico,” wrote her lawyers . “This is a job-related retreat for employees and their spouses.”
McFadden noted in his dispatch granting her permission to make the trip that prosecutors did not object to the trip.
“The Court also notes that the Defendant has no criminal record and there is no evidence before the Court to suggest that the Defendant is a risk of escape or represents a danger to others,” McFadden wrote.
Cudd, a florist in Midland, Texas, was accused on January 12 of entering and staying in restricted areas and violent entry or disorderly conduct during the Capitol riot. Video footage emerged of her entering the building and walking around the Capitol Rotunda and the Hall of Statues, according to a FBI statement.
She was also seen on a live Facebook broadcast discussing being part of the “new revolution started on Capitol” and saying she joined Capitol.
“We just push, push and push, and we scream go and scream attacking,” she said in the video. “We just push and push, and we get it.”
Two days after the riot, Cudd also gave a television interview in which he said “we Patriots have invaded the United States Capitol” and “yes, I would definitely do that again”.
The Texan was released on bail on January 21 until its next hearing, which took place Thursday. She was ordered to stay away from DC, except to appear in court or to meetings with her lawyer.