First Jan. 6 felony defendant allowed to attend Trump inauguration

A felony defendant in a case related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been granted permission to travel to Washington, D.C., this month to attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration, the first known instance of such a request being granted by the courts.

William Pope — whose pretrial conditions restrict him from most travel to D.C. — may visit the nation’s capital from Jan. 19 through Jan. 21, according to a court order signed on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras.