I'm trying to think if contrition/lack thereof is part of pre-trial release determinations. Presumably not, as you're free to maintain your innocence before trial, but on the other hand, "I'd do it again" goes beyond lack of contrition and gets into danger to others. There are a ton of other, clear issues though:
Letting someone wealthy enough to take off work and travel from Texas to D.C. leave the country and go to a place we don't have an extradition treaty with
Letting someone go on a vacation on pre-trial release (a lot of times you're not even allowed to drink, even if your charge has nothing to do with alcohol or drugs)
Letting someone travel all over hell during a pandemic, especially when I guarantee that her attorney cited Covid as a reason to keep her out of pre-trial detention in the first place, and I'd bet good money that she wasn't masked up on January 6th
Whatever chud AUSA did this hearing shouldn't have a job this morning; neither should the U.S. Attorney for the district.
I'm trying to think if contrition/lack thereof is part of pre-trial release determinations. Presumably not, as you're free to maintain your innocence before trial, but on the other hand, "I'd do it again" goes beyond lack of contrition and gets into danger to others. There are a ton of other, clear issues though:
Whatever chud AUSA did this hearing shouldn't have a job this morning; neither should the U.S. Attorney for the district.