Jenny Cudd, a flower shop owner and unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Midland, on Monday asked a federal judge for permission to visit Riviera Maya, Mexico, for a four-day retreat. The court file for her case still shows no answer from the judge.
She was charged with two offenses – knowingly entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct on the Capitol site – and was released shortly after her arrest in January. The justice department did not try to hold her jail sentence before the trial, an aggressive move they reserved for the handful of accused accused of violent crimes and conspiracies.
A lawyer representing Cudd earlier told CNN she intends to plead not guilty. Her lawyers also said in court documents that she met all the conditions for release by the court.
Cudd’s lawyers on Wednesday did not respond to emails and calls to comment on her trip to Mexico. They said in court documents that even before the attack on the Capitol, she planned to visit Riviera Maya, a tourist hotspot near Cancun, which remained busy during the pandemic.
In court documents, the Justice Department described Cudd as unrepentant for her role in the uprising, citing her comments in Facebook posts and interviews shortly after the riot.
“F — yes, I’m proud of my actions, I charged the Capitol with patriots today. Hell, yes, I’m proud of my actions,” Cudd told the court. records.
In the live stream, Cudd allegedly explained how she ‘pushed and pushed’ and ‘got up on top of the Capitol’. She claims, ‘there was a door open and we went in’, and was later able to ‘break down Nancy Pelosi’s office door’, referring to the House’s Democratic speaker.
“I will absolutely do it again,” Cudd said in a local news interview two days after the uprising, referring to the storms of the Capitol building, according to court documents.