Pittsburgh Federal prosecutors on Wednesday called for the release of a woman from Pennsylvania who is accused of using a large pipe to break a window in the country. US Capitol on January 6. and give directions to fellow insurgents on how to take the building.
A magistrate has found that Rachel Marie Powell – who according to the FBI is the woman in a pink hat shown in a video with instructions by a bull horn – poses a “danger to the community”, but that she was released can be on $ 10,000 uninsured mortgage with home safekeeping. and electronic monitoring.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan issued the verdict after Powell’s detention on Tuesday, but delayed her release to give the government time to appeal.
Prosecutors said Powell should stay locked up for trial.
Powell, a 40-year-old mother of eight from Sandy Lake, is a “leading participant in the most violent uprising to takes place at the American Capitol in more than 200 years’ and ‘fueled a situation that threatened the peaceful transfer of power in the United States,’ federal prosecutors wrote Wednesday.
Powell’s attorney, Michael Engle, argued in court that Powell did not have a criminal record, did not pose a flight risk and did not physically harm anyone during the uprising.
An FBI statement said Powell was with a group in the Capitol and gave detailed instructions on the layout of the building, telling rioters that “they ‘need to coordinate together if you are going to take this building.” ‘ Powell also noted that they “have another window to break,” the statement said.
‘She was no spectator; “she has committed violence and encouraged others to do the same – all aimed at overcoming law enforcement, intimidating public officials and undermining the Constitution and the peaceful transfer of presidential power,” prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Authorities said a jumble cellphone and two “go bags” were found in Powell’s home, one with ammunition, rope and tape and the other with stars, knives and lighters. Authorities said a bag was found in Powell’s car with a sail, zippers and two loaded magazines for an AK-47 rifle.
Powell is charged with trespassing or disorderly conduct, obstruction, deprivation of government property, entering a restricted building and the fact that he was inside the building with a dangerous weapon.