Alleged Capitol rioter drops request to travel to Peru to get married

[George II]

Source: CNN

By Marshall Cohen, CNN

Updated 2:28 PM ET, Tue February 16, 2021

(CNN) An alleged Capitol rioter who asked a judge to let him get married in Peru has withdrawn his request, according to new court filings.

The defendant, Troy Williams, reversed course after the Justice Department said it opposed his travel and called him a "flight risk."

Williams, from Kentucky, faces four criminal charges linked to the Capitol insurrection. He had asked a federal judge last week to let him travel to Peru later this month to get married. He previously told the court that his fiancé lives in Peru and they plan to get married in the South American country. The 25-year-old groom-to-be said he had a flight booked for February 23 and the trip would last about two weeks, according to court papers.

But federal prosecutors said Williams poses a "very real" flight risk and that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling Americans to avoid Peru anyway because of Covid-19.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/politics/peru-wedding-capitol-rioter/index.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Maybe the bride to be had reservations about an insurrectionist?

It will be a dent to lifestyle.

[Deuxcents]

2. Yep..my first thought.

Smart girl. Run, Honey.. best wishes

[niyad]

3. INSURRECTIONIST. . .NOT "rioter". You can do better, cnn. You MUST do better.

[IronLionZion]

4. Peru extradites, but not for misdemeanors

I would hope Peru doesn't want to grant visas to insurrectionists

[marble falls]

5. "Ok, OK, Ok .... could I go to Moscow to get married? Vlad's my best man."

[LudwigPastorius]

6. New plan.

I'm thinking destination wedding....

Someplace quaint, like the United States Penitentiary McCreary in Pine Knot...

Oooh, you can give out license plates for wedding party favors!

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. The ego

that some of these people exhibit is astounding and a sure indication of just how delusional certain people in this country are. Just the thought that the justice system should grind to a halt because they want to do something other than pay the piper shows that these people truly believe that laws in this country do not apply to them. But, we have no one but ourselves to blame for this inflated egocentric behavior... it's not like we spent the last 100+ years being subtle and taciturn...