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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A federal judge granted <keyword id="10713871" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jenny-cudd">Jenny Cudd</keyword>'s request to leave the country for a retreat in <keyword id="3746" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mexico">Mexico</keyword>.</li><li>Cudd was charged last month for her participation in the Capitol insurrection on January 6.</li><li>Following the attack, Cudd told a local news outlet that she would "do it again."</li></ul>Jenny Cudd, who was charged with participating in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter-asks-court-permission-leave-us-for-mexico-vacation-2021-2">made headlines last week</a> after asking a federal court to grant her permission to leave the country for a retreat in Mexico.<a href="http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2021/images/02/05/us.v.jenny.louise.cudd.pdf">According to new court documents,</a> she will get to take her trip.A federal judge ruled in favor of Cudd's request on Friday afternoon, granting the Texas florist's motion to visit Mexico for a "planned and prepaid" four-day weekend retreat with her employees later this month in Riviera Maya.Judge Trevor McFadden of the DC District Court signed the order, noting that Cudd has no prior criminal history. McFadden, a 2017 Trump appointee, also said there was no evidence suggesting she posed a danger to others or was a flight risk.The motion said Cudd will have to provide her itinerary to her supervising pretrial services officer.Cudd was charged in January with unlawfully entering a restricted building and with disorderly conduct <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1353436/download">after the FBI said</a> video footage showed her inside the Capitol on January 6. FBI documents said Cudd walked around various parts of the Capitol and used social media to document her time in the building. "I f****** charged the Capitol today with patriots today. Hell yes, I am proud of my actions" she reportedly said in a Facebook video. Following the riot, Cudd remained unapologetic. She participated in an interview with a local news station where she confirmed she entered the building and said she would "do it again," according to FBI documents.Unlike <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prosecutors-qanon-shaman-capitol-rioters-meant-to-capture-assassinate-pence-2021-1">other rioters charged in the attack</a>, Cudd was put on pretrial release following her arrest. Her lawyer <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/05/politics/capitol-riot-mexican-vacation/index.html">told CNN</a> that she plans to plead not guilty to the charges.In order to make the case to be allowed on the retreat, which was reportedly planned before her actions on January 6, Cudd's lawyers described her as a "small business owner" and "established member of her community" who had followed all court orders so far and had no criminal history. Mexican tourist destinations have remained busy despite the pandemic. Last month, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-escape-mexico-avoid-coronavirus-restrictions-now-surging-2021-1"> Insider reported that Mexico was seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases</a> due to Americans vacationing and resettling in the country.

A woman charged in the Capitol riot can take a trip to Mexico after a federal judge rules in her favor

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jenny Cudd, who was charged in the <keyword id="10557395" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Capitol-riots">Capitol riots</keyword>, wants her trial moved to West Texas.</li><li>Her attorneys say that the jury pool in DC is tainted, politically-prejudiced, and anti-Trump.</li><li>Cudd is a florist and former mayoral candidate from Midland, Texas.</li></ul>A woman charged in connection with the US <keyword id="120673" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="capitol">Capitol</keyword> riots has asked for her trial to be held not in DC, but western Texas, because her attorneys argue that a more Republican-friendly jury would be "fairer" to her. Jenny Cudd, 36, a florist and former mayoral candidate from Midland, Texas, notoriously bragged on a Facebook Live stream about storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.In the live stream, she said that "we (broke) down Nancy Pelosi's door." She also declared that she was "proud of (her) actions" while praising and defending <keyword id="6354862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump">Trump</keyword>, her fellow "patriots," and "the patriot party." According to court documents seen by Insider, Cudd is requesting a change of trial venue "due to significant prejudice in the District of Columbia." She is now requesting for the case to be moved to western Texas so that she can have a "fair and impartial trial." Defendants are usually required by law to be tried in the state where the crime occurred.Cudd is set to stand trial at the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, which according to the Washington Post, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-trial-move-jenny-cudd/2021/03/10/96777110-81ed-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebookfacebook">draws from a DC jury pool of some 330,000 people who voted for Biden over Trump.</a>In comparison, the Midland-Odessa division in West Texas where Cudd is attempting to have her case moved voted primarily for Trump, handing the former president 77% of the vote versus 22% in favor of Biden. "Pretrial publicity and community prejudice in Washington DC is so likely to have affected the jury pool that the entire panel must be presumed as tainted," said Cudd's attorney Marina Medvin in the application, citing as well a "lack of political diversity" amongst potential jurors. "The facts of this case center around Donald Trump and his supporters. The evidence, in this case, is emotionally political in every respect," Medvin wrote, adding that the jury would be "the most politically prejudiced jury in the entire country." Cudd has, on multiple occasions, claimed that she is <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/woman-who-boasted-about-capitol-attack-on-livestream-can-vacation-in-mexico-judge-says/">a victim of "cancel culture."</a> This was echoed by her lawyer, Medvin, who said that potential jurors would face "social pressure" to "punish Cudd for being politically incorrect" and that any verdict "could be readily based on pretrial media affiliation of Ms. Cudd with 'white supremacy.'" Medvin cited as well the possibility that media coverage could affect the trial after it was widely reported that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter-asks-court-permission-leave-us-for-mexico-vacation-2021-2">a judge had granted Cudd's request last month to travel to Mexico for a "bonding retreat."</a>The Post reported that this motion for a venue change <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-trial-move-jenny-cudd/2021/03/10/96777110-81ed-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebookfacebook">i</a>s the first request made by a defendant indicted in connection with the riots. Over 300 people have been charged in connection with the January insurrection.Court documents indicate that Cudd was indicted on five charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding, trespassing, disorderly conduct, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol building.These charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

A Capitol riot defendant wants her trial moved to Texas because she says DC is 'too anti-Trump' and 'politically correct'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A woman charged in the Capitol riot asked the court for permission to take a vacation to Mexico.</li><li>Lawyers said Jenny Cudd "planned and prepaid for a weekend retreat with her employees" in Riviera Maya.</li><li>Cudd has been charged with unlawful entry and disorderly conduct at the Capitol.</li></ul>A woman who was charged with participating in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 asked a federal court to let her leave the US for a vacation she had booked in Mexico.Jenny Cudd's lawyers asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday to approve Cudd's request to travel outside the country.The motion, seen by Insider, said Cudd had "planned and prepaid for a weekend retreat with her employees for the dates of February 18 through February 21, 2021, in Riviera Maya, Mexico.""This is a work-related bonding retreat for employees and their spouses," it added.Cudd has been charged with unlawfully entering a restricted building and with disorderly conduct.She owns a flower shop in Midland, Texas, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/capitol-rioter-jenny-cudd-asks-court-to-let-her-vacation-in-mexico">The Daily Beast reported</a>. She previously ran to be the mayor of the town, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/capitol-arrests.html">according to The New York Times</a>.She was charged in January, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1353436/download">after the FBI said</a> video footage showed her inside the Capitol. The FBI, citing the security footage, said Cudd walked around parts of the building and took photos inside.<div type="image" title="Capitol rioter" height="749" width="2000" msid="80652240" hostid="261"></div>The FBI affidavit said that after leaving the Capitol, Cudd livestreamed a video on Facebook in which she said she had attended President Donald Trump's speech and went to the Capitol before he finished speaking.It said she mentioned a break-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. "We did break down the Nancy Pelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel and took a picture sitting in the chair flipping off the camera," she said, according to the FBI.The FBI described her as saying in the video: "F--- yes, I am proud of my actions. I f---ing charged the Capitol today with patriots today. Hell yes I am proud of my actions."To make her case, her lawyers said in their motion that Cudd was on pretrial release and that she had no criminal history.They described her as "a small business owner in Midland, Texas and an established member of her community."They also said that she had followed all orders from the court so far and that her pretrial-services officer and the counsel for the government did not offer any objections to her request to travel.

A woman charged in the Capitol riot asked the judge for permission to leave the US for a vacation in Mexico

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Texas man who turned himself in 3 days after the <keyword id="11907536" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="capitol-riot" source="Orion">Capitol riot</keyword> was sentenced to one year probation.</li><li>Eliel Rosa, 53, is a civics teacher in the US on asylum as he pursues US citizenship.</li></ul>A Texas civics teacher charged in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">January 6 Capitol attack</a> narrowly avoided jail time after he struck a plea deal - but the man's delicate <keyword id="11940510" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="immigration" source="Orion">immigration</keyword> status could still be in jeopardy, despite his lenient sentence.Eliel Rosa, 53, pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building earlier this year after he admitted to entering the US Capitol on January 6. Rosa had previously been indicted on five counts, including a felony obstruction charge that carried a possible sentence of 20 years. On Tuesday, US District Court Judge Trevor McFadden in DC sentenced Rosa to one year of probation, 100 hours of community service, and $500 in damages. Federal prosecutors had requested one month of home confinement.According to a criminal complaint reviewed by Insider, Rosa, along with his friend, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter-asks-court-permission-leave-us-for-mexico-vacation-2021-2">Jenny Cudd</a>, entered the US Capitol on January 6 after attending then-President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally. The two friends had originally returned to their hotel after the rally, but made their way back to the Capitol when they learned that former Vice President Mike Pence had refused to overturn the election, court documents said. Rosa told authorities that he was so close to the Speaker's Lobby during the insurrection that he heard <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-police-ashli-babbitt-reveals-identity-first-time-nbc-interview-2021-8">the shot that killed Ashli Babbitt.</a>On January 9, Rosa walked into his local FBI office and turned himself in for his participation in the attack, court documents said. During sentencing, McFadden said he had never heard of someone turning themself over to authorities before they had even been named a suspect in a crime, local CBS affiliate <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/judge-sentences-texas-man-eliel-rosa-to-12-months-of-probation-for-capitol-riot-jenny-cudd-trump-pence-citizenship-immigrant-asylum-mcfadden/65-633a2aa6-1b33-45c2-9c0a-56f1f330a6b6">WUSA</a> reported. But McFadden, a former federal prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general, did admonish Rosa for his actions given his unique circumstances as both a civics teacher and an immigrant in the US on asylum. According to court documents, Rosa and his wife fled political persecution in Brazil and arrived in the US in 2016. The couple was granted asylum in 2018 and they are currently pursuing US citizenship.Rosa's public defender, Michelle Peterson, reportedly cited possible consequences to his pending immigration status as a reason for both his confession and requests for leniency. Peterson did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on behalf of Rosa. By pleading to the misdemeanor charge, Rosa avoided a felony, which would have resulted in a significant threat to any future citizenship. But a US statute that requires citizenship-seekers to demonstrate "good moral character" may still come into play. Rosa's co-defendant, Cudd has not yet reached a plea deal. She is currently set to head to trial in February.

A Texas civics teacher in the US on asylum was sentenced to 12 month probation for his role in the Capitol riot

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A man charged in the US Capitol insurrection requested permission to travel to <keyword id="6360497" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="peru">Peru</keyword> to get married.</li><li>Troy Williams was charged on January 28 on three separate counts stemming from the Capitol breach.</li><li>A woman from Texas also charged in the riot was previously granted permission to go to Mexico.</li></ul>A man <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">charged in the US Capitol riot</a> filed a request to travel to Peru.<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CcUZ5Ovj1QaaNmpXCA_21A1qNAnwT5oz?usp=sharing">Troy Williams</a> was charged on January 28 with one count of violent entry or disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and one count of aiding and abetting.Williams told the court in his filing on Tuesday that his fiancé currently lives in Peru and asked for permission to travel there to get married. His filing suggests that he has already scheduled and booked the flight, as it notes that his attorney has already provided the government and US Pretrial Services with a copy of his flight information.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-relatives-disowned-him-impeach-trump-vote-2021-1">GOP House member who voted to impeach Trump says his family sent around a signed petition disowning him for crossing the former president</a>When interviewed by the FBI, Williams admitted to attending the Stop the Steal rally on January 6 and entering the Capitol, though he said he had "no intentions of entering the Capitol building until everyone went inside," and only entered due to "herd mentality."Williams is not the first charged rioter who has asked to leave the country. On February 5, a federal judge granted <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-charged-in-capitol-riot-granted-request-to-take-trip-to-mexico">Jenny Cudd's request to travel to Mexico</a> for an already planned work-bonding retreat. Directly after she breached the Capitol, Cudd told a local <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlet that she would "do it again".Cudd was granted permission to leave the country by Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump-appointed judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. While Williams is being charged in the same court, the judge assigned to his case is Ketanji Brown Jackson, an Obama-appointee.Williams has not entered a plea, according to the court docket. His first hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 11.According to the <a href="https://pe.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/">US Embassy in Peru,</a> the country is accepting tourists but is currently under heightened restrictions until the end of February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unclear how long Williams is requesting to be in Peru, but all travelers arriving in Peru are required to quarantine for 14 days. The US embassy suggests that anyone traveling to the country for less than two weeks should reschedule their plane tickets in order to fully abide by the country's policy.Expanded Coverage Module: capitol-siege-module

A man charged in the Capitol insurrection asked a federal court if he could fly to Peru for his wedding

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11931698" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rudy-giuliani" source="Orion">Rudy Giuliani</keyword> will be a contestant on the upcoming season of "<keyword id="12122991" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-masked-singer" source="Orion">The Masked Singer</keyword>," according to <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/02/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-contestant-judge-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-walk-off-in-protest-1234925291/">Deadline</a>.</li><li>The report said that Giuliani was unmasked last week while taping the show's first episode.</li></ul>Rudy Giuliani, whose decades-long career has included serving as mayor of New York City and legal counsel for former President Donald Trump, has reportedly found his next, albeit temporary, gig: a masked singer.According to <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/02/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-contestant-judge-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-walk-off-in-protest-1234925291/">Deadline</a>, the former US attorney is a contestant on the upcoming season of Fox's prime time show "The Masked Singer." The theme of the yet-unaired season is "The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly." TMZ also reported that Giuliani <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/02/02/rudy-giuliani-reveal-masked-singer-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-protest-walk-out/">participated in the show</a>.The singing competition series features celebrity contestants wearing intricate head-to-toe costumes that hide their identities as they perform songs for a live audience and a panel of famous judges. With the help of clues, panelists attempt to guess each performer's identity as the audience votes for their favorite singer. The least popular contestant is eliminated each episode, removing their mask and revealing their identity.Giuliani was unmasked last week during the taping of the upcoming season's first episode, Deadline reported. According to the outlet, two of the celebrity judges, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke, immediately left the stage in protest after Giuliani revealed his identity. The show's two other hosts, Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Sherzinger, reportedly remained onstage to chat with Giuliani. A spokesperson for Fox declined to comment and Giuliani did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. A representative for Jeong declined to comment and a publicist for Thicke did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Giuliani's alleged appearance is not the first time a polarizing Republican politician has taken the "Masked Singer" stage. In March 2020, former Alaska Governor <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sarah-palin-mix-a-lot-baby-got-back-masked-singer-2020-3">Sarah Palin was unveiled as the Bear</a> after performing Six Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back."The seventh season of "The Masked Singer" premieres on March 9, 2022, where Giuliani is expected to make his first, and last, appearance. Giuliani gained nationwide attention combatting organized crime as the head of the Manhattan US attorney's office, then as New York City's mayor, and most recently as Trump's former personal defense attorney.But his fortunes took a turn when it surfaced that he was the focus of a federal criminal investigation, led by the US attorney's office that he once spearheaded, into whether he violated foreign lobbying laws.Giuliani also played a principal role in Trump's pressure campaign against the Ukrainian government to launch politically motivated investigations targeting the Bidens, which ultimately resulted in Trump's first impeachment. Giuliani's involvement in Trump's efforts was so intense that the FBI later learned that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-warned-giuliani-he-was-target-russian-disinformation-campaign-report-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Russian government was using him as a tool to spread disinformation</a> about Ukraine before the 2020 election.After Trump lost the 2020 election, Giuliani spearheaded his failed legal campaign to overturn the election results. In addition to spouting conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud and election malfeasance, Giuliani accused multiple election vendors of conspiring to tilt the race in Biden's favor. He's since been temporarily suspended from practicing law in New York and Washington, DC, and he's facing defamation lawsuits from Dominion and Smartmatic.Earlier this month, federal prosecutors also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prosecutors-get-thousands-giuliani-communications-criminal-probe-2022-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gained access to thousands of Giuliani's communications</a> that were uncovered from FBI raids on his properties last year.Giuliani's lawyer, Robert Costello, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-privilege-fruman-sentence/2022/01/21/1a74ecc2-7ad6-11ec-bf97-6eac6f77fba2_story.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=wp_main" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Washington Post</a> that his client did not break the law: "There's no [Foreign Agents Registration Act] violation. Rudy Giuliani didn't do anything illegal or unlawful."

Rudy Giuliani is a contestant on the upcoming season of Fox's 'The Masked Singer,' report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jimmy Kimmel slammed Fox executives for booking Rudy Giuliani on the reality show "The Masked Singer." </li><li>Deadline reported Giuliani was unmasked during a taping, prompting judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke to walk off set.</li></ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jYAF00QZs">Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday slammed Fox executives</a> for booking Rudy Giuliani on an upcoming season of "The Masked Singer," calling the popular reality show "garbage.""The new season doesn't premiere until next month, but one of the identities of the singers has been revealed, and his name is Rudy Giuliani," Kimmel said during a monologue on his eponymous ABC late-night show, prompting boos from the audience. "The guy who's trying to destroy our country, he's singing on a show," Kimmel added. "Fox network should be ashamed of itself."<a href="https://deadline.com/2022/02/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-contestant-judge-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-walk-off-in-protest-1234925291/">Deadline reported</a> Wednesday that Giuliani is a contestant on an upcoming episode of the show, which features celebrities singing songs while donning elaborate costumes that conceal their identifies; judges and the audience then vote and the least popular character is eliminated and revealed.Giuliani, who had his law licenses in New York and D.C. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-giuliani-new-york-law-license-suspended-because-too-effective-2021-6">suspended </a>for spreading false claims about election fraud, was unmasked during a taping of the show, which made two of the show's judges — actor Ken Jeong and singer Robin Thicke — walk off the set, the outlet reported. Per Deadline, judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger remained on set and "bantered" with Giuliani. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, another polarizing Republican figure, was a contestant on "The Masked Singer" in 2020, which prompted similar backlash online but the none of the judges walked off. According to Deadline, the theme of the upcoming season is "The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly." While Kimmel said Fox is not releasing information about which mask Giuliani will don in the new season, he quipped that the former attorney to President Donald Trump is hiding behind the green, monster-looking costume. "How does this even happen?" Kimmel asked. "I mean, a lot of people at Fox had to sign off on this. Not one of them was like, 'Hey, maybe we shouldn't have the guy who is under investigation for helping to plot an insurrection singing on our show.'" "Why did Rudy even do this? Did he think he was going to the Masked Singer Landscaping Company?" Kimmel joked, referencing the now-infamous press conference he hosted at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Pennsylvania during the presidential campaign 2020. "Only Rudy Giuliani would try to overthrow the government, break wind loudly in court, sweat hair dye all over one press conference, have another one next to a dildo store, and then try to rehabilitate his image by singing 'Shake Your Groove Thing' dressed as a pineapple." <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/us/politics/donald-trump-election-results-fraud-voting-machines.html">The New York Times reported on January 31</a> that Giuliani, at the direction of President Donald Trump, called the Department of Homeland Security's acting deputy secretary six weeks after election day 2020 to ask if it could legally take control of voting machines located in critical swing states.The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed Giuliani on January 18, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/us/politics/jan-6-inquiry-subpoenas-giuliani.html">The New York Times reported.</a>He was subpoenaed alongside three others who "advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results or were in direct contact with the former president about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes," committee chairman and Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson said in a statement. Kimmel wasn't the only late-night host to dig into Giuliani's reported appearance on "The Masked Singer." "That's right, the criminal goon that we know for a fact is being investigated for trying to overthrow our democracy for his idiot emperor was yukking it up on a reality show. There hasn't been anything this shocking since Lee Harvey Oswald made a guest appearance on 'Gilligan's Island,'" Stephen Colbert <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8pW003veU">said in his monologue on Thursday's episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."</a>Trevor Noah also criticized the casting during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGDr1GgmycQ">"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</a>.""America is truly, truly truly truly, the greatest country on earth. Because this is the only place in the world where <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword> trumps everything. 'Cause I mean, a year ago — just a year ago — this guy tried to overthrow America's democracy, and now he's a contestant on a reality show. Is there anyone they won't have on?" Noah said.

Jimmy Kimmel slams 'The Masked Singer' for letting Rudy Giuliani compete and calls the show 'garbage'

Good morning! Thank you for joining us for our first week of 10 Things in <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="politics">Politics</keyword>. I'm Brent Griffiths. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox each day.</a>Send me your tips, thoughts to <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a> or tweet me @BrentGriffiths. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-police-officer-died-after-siege-lied-in-honor-2021-2">paid their respects last night</a> to slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was killed during the Capitol riot. Sicknick will continue to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda, the fifth American ever to receive such a tribute. Here's what you need to know:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-democrats-majority-control-sanders-leahy-warren-manchin-2021-2">Democrats are just one heartbeat away from losing control of the Senate</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-stimulus-congress-biden-minimum-wage-2021-2">The chances of a bipartisan relief deal are fading </a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter-asks-court-permission-leave-us-for-mexico-vacation-2021-2">A Capitol riot suspect wants to go on vacation in Mexico</a></li></ul>1. AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM: Washington long ago descended into a gerontocracy. It's a sign both of longer life expectancies and the allure of seniority. But it also means higher risk, especially when parties hold threadbare majorities - even more so during a pandemic.My colleague Kayla Epstein explores this in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-democrats-majority-control-sanders-leahy-warren-manchin-2021-2">her exclusive report this morning</a>. Here's a peek at what she found: Remember if Democrats lose just a single seat, they lose control of the chamber.<ul><li>Key stats: "Six senators - five Democrats and an Independent who caucuses with them - are over age 70 and also represent states with a Republican governor who would have the power to appoint a temporary replacement … A total of 301 senators have passed away before finishing their terms."</li></ul>One crucial point, how would governors respond to a vacancy?: Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont jolted Washington during a health scare last week. Both Vermont and Massachusetts are controlled by Republican governors who would name temporary replacements. A special election would then be held. <ul><li>But winning in a blue state is not guarantee: Democrats learned this the hard way in the Obama era when Republican Scott Brown won in a shocking upset to replace the deceased Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.</li></ul>Be sure to read the rest of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-democrats-majority-control-sanders-leahy-warren-manchin-2021-2">Kayla's exclusive report</a>. (And while you're at it follow <a href="https://twitter.com/KaylaEpstein">her on Twitter</a>!)2. House impeachment managers say Trump is "singularly responsible" for deadly riot: In an 80-page brief, nine House Democrats recount a vast timeline of Trump's behavior before, during, and after the insurrection. Part of the argument is a vivid description of Trump's reportedly delighted reaction to seeing the riot delay the counting of Electoral College votes. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/us/politics/impeachment-trump-capitol-riot.html">The New York Times</a>)<ul><li>Trump's team is sticking by its belief that its unconstitutional to impeach a former president: They argue<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lawyers-say-second-impeachment-trial-is-unconstitutional-2021-2"> it's "moot" to try to convict Trump;</a> and that punishing the president for his speech at a rally before the riot would violate his First Amendment rights. </li></ul><div type="image" title="Chuck Schumer" height="2795" width="3726" msid="80668597" hostid="261"></div>3. Democrats are plowing ahead with Biden's relief plan: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/not-a-single-republican-voted-to-advance-the-stimulus-package-2021-2">Every single Senate Republican voted against</a> fast-tracking the package, which they argue is a partisan maneuver. <ul><li>Some unresolved issues: How large will stimulus checks be, and how many Americans will get them? Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia also said he doesn't support a $15 minimum wage, which could imperil its inclusion in the $1.9 trillion package. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-stimulus-congress-biden-minimum-wage-2021-2">Check out my colleague Kimberly Leonard's exclusive report</a>.</li></ul>4. The top things for your calendar, all times Eastern:<ul><li>9:30 a.m.: Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Pete Buttigieg as Transportation secretary. He is the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-confirms-pete-buttigieg-as-transportation-secretary-2021-2">first openly gay Cabinet secretary in history</a>.</li><li>10:00 a.m.: Miguel Cardona, Biden's pick to be Education secretary, faces his Senate confirmation hearing.</li><li>10:30 a.m.: Isabella Casillas Guzman, Biden's pick to be Small Business Administrator, faces her Senate confirmation hearing.</li><li>11:00 a.m.: The White House's pandemic response team and public health officials hold a news briefing.</li><li>2:00 p.m.: Michael Regan, Biden's pick to lead the EPA, faces his Senate confirmation hearing.</li><li>3:00 p.m.: The House Rules Committee considers a measure to strip Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments. </li></ul>5. Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-to-step-down-as-amazon-ceo-2021-2">Bezos will not leave the company</a> he turned into a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-richest-man-world-career-life-story-2017-7">$1.56 trillion behemoth</a>, but will take a new role as executive chairman. He'll also be able to spend more time on his other ventures such as his philanthropy, or his other two companies: the rocket maker Blue Origin and The Washington Post.<ul><li>Close confidant Andy Jassy will replace him: Unlike Bezos, Jassy is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-on-immigration-black-lives-matter-2021-2">more outspoken on political issues</a> and has written about police brutality, immigration, and LGBTQ rights. Elana Jassy, his wife, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elana-jassy-amazon-ceo-wife-donated-bernie-sanders-2016-2021-2">donated to Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign</a> in 2016 and later to Hillary Clinton as well.</li><li>From the archives: Insider's profile on how as CEO Jassy built Amazon Web Services CEO into a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-jassy-amazon-web-services-ceo-2021-1?r=ah-sub">$40 billion business</a>.</li></ul><div type="image" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene" height="1333" width="1777" msid="80668601" hostid="261"></div>6. House Republicans punted a decision on Taylor Greene's future: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with Greene, but no decision was made on whether she would lose committee assignments for embracing conspiracy theories. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-house-republicans-rift/2021/02/02/08348d40-6567-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html">more GOP senators</a> denounced the congresswoman with one labeling her as "nutty."<ul><li>Snow really?: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tommy-tuberville-says-he-cant-comment-marjorie-taylor-greene-weather-2021-2">Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said </a>he can't speak about Taylor Greene's past comments because "Travel in this weather it's been a little rough looking at any news or whatever." Blaming the weather is nothing new for the former football coach who once <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/495909-texas-tech-football-tommy-tuberville-blames-anemic-offense-on-ldquothe-windrdquo">pinned a loss on the wind</a>.</li></ul>7. A Capitol riot suspect wants to go vacation in Mexico: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter-asks-court-permission-leave-us-for-mexico-vacation-2021-2">Federal investigators say Jenny Cudd livestreamed</a> a video after the riot where she mentions breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. She also boasted, "F--- yes, I am proud of my actions." Her lawyers pointed to her lack of a criminal record and that she had "planned and prepaid" for the work retreat.8. Putin critic Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-putin-critic-sentenced-after-poisoning-2021-2">The 44-year-old was immediately detained </a>after he returned to Russia following a poisoning attempt that left him in a coma. The opposition leader said Putin, who he blames for the attack, will be remembered as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/navalny-says-history-will-remember-putin-as-underpants-poisoner-2021-2">nothing but an "underpants poisoner."</a>9. A lot more Americans need to get vaccinated before we return to normal: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html">told CNN that about 70% to 85%</a> of Americans need to get vaccinated, but that a greater reopening to pre-pandemic norms could also be affected by new variants. Right now, less than 2% of Americans have been vaccinated.One last thing.10. Dolly won't say "pardon me" to get the vaccine: "I don't want it to look like I'm jumping the line just because I donated money," Country music legend Dolly Parton <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dolly-parton-super-bowl-covid-19-vaccine-c21dc53f15c38339d2d3f74150eba095">told the Associated Press</a>. "I'm very funny about that." (<a href="https://www.insider.com/dolly-parton-wont-jump-the-line-for-covid-19-vaccine-2021-2">She donated $1 million</a> that help fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine research.)Today's trivia question: Jim Wilson correctly answered yesterday's question. His question for you all, what first lady was a former professional dancer? Email your response and a suggested question to me at <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a><ul><li>Yesterday's answer: President Reagan owned Rex. As for the bonus, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/06/05/first-dogs-designer-digs/1b6370b1-7101-45f7-ae49-7ed7a9595a81/">the King Charles spaniel's posh doghouse </a>was partially assembled by a direct descendant of Rutherford B. Hayes.</li></ul>

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A woman charged in the Capitol riot can take a trip to Mexico after a federal judge rules in her favor

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