A Capitol riot suspect tricked a court into allowing him to attend CPAC
A Capitol riot suspect tricked a judge into letting him travel and then schmoozed with other Jan. 6 defendants at a conference, feds say
Capitol riot suspect fooled a court into allowing him to travel to Washington, DC earlier this month and attend the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he took selfies and "socialized" with fellow January 6 defendants, federal prosecutors alleged on Monday.
Florida resident Gabriel Augustin Garcia, described in court papers as a former US Army captain and Proud Boys member, had requested permission from the federal district court in Washington, DC to travel to the nation's capital to observe another January 6 defendant's trial to assist with his own trial preparation, prosecutors said in a court filing.
Garcia told the court he would travel in his RV and stay in Virginia or Maryland, and not Washington, DC.
"If I make any stops it will be to sleep along a rest stop," Garcia told the United States Probation Office in a letter, according to the court papers.
The court approved Garcia's request on the condition that his trip was for "'the limited purposes of attending' a trial and meeting with defendant's former pro hac vice attorney and/or current counsel," court documents say.
However, prosecutors say that on March 2, Garcia arrived in Alexandria, Virginia, and then "went straight" to National Harbor, Maryland, to attend CPAC, a multi-day annual political conference, where he stayed for more than four hours.
The next day, Garcia attended a January 6 trial for "less than three hours" and then went back to CPAC for eight hours, from around 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., according to prosecutors.
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