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   Many of the U.S. Capitol riot defendants have been released from jail as   
   they await trial despite appeals from the Justice Department to keep them   
   locked up, reports CNN.   
      
   Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the D.C. District Court on Tuesday ordered   
   Proud Boys member William Chrestman to be transferred to Washington, D.C.,   
   where he will remain in custody before his trial on charges in connection   
   with the deadly Jan. 6 riot, though the ruling is an anomaly as more than   
   220 defendants have been released from jail.   
      
   Judges in Iowa, Arkansas, New Jersey, and Tennessee have rejected the   
   DOJ’s requests to keep the protesters locked up since prosecutors were   
   unable to prove that they were a flight risk or a danger to the public.   
      
   Only certain types of violent crimes make detaining defendants necessary,   
   per CNN.   
      
   "Is it all because of the axe handle the defendant was carrying into the   
   Capitol?" the judge asked about Chrestman on Tuesday. Prosecutors said   
   Chrestman was more of a danger than the other rioters because he had   
   carried the weapon into the Capitol.   
      
   "He wasn't coming to stroll around the reflecting pool, looking at the   
   monuments. He was coming with a gas mask ... an axe handle. There was some   
   preplanning there," Howell agreed.   
      
   Later Tuesday, Judge Amit Mehta ordered arguments in the case of alleged   
   Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins pushed to Friday, telling prosecutors: "These   
   are issues that are going to affect not only Ms. Watkins but dozens and   
   dozens of people who are coming through the pipeline."   
      
   "It's not clear to me ... what the government is relying on" to make the   
   case for detention, Mehta said.   
      
   "She turned herself in. I just have a hard time finding that it rises to a   
   level of a serious risk of flight," Mehta responded.   
      
   Watkins is still in jail.   
      
   https://www.newsmax.com/politics/capitol-riot-doj-proud-boys-oath-   
   keepers/2021/02/24/id/1011375/?utm_source=thehill   
      
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