WASHINGTON — A Tuesday hearing is planned to determine whether Jon R. Schaffer may be released from a Washington D.C. jail as he awaits trial for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The detention order review will be held via teleconference with United States District Court for the District of Columbia Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. On March 31, Howell signed an order directing the government to provide the review by noon on Monday.
Schaffer, 53, Edinburgh, was ordered to be held without bond in D.C. on March 24 after a hearing with Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui on March 19 determined that there was “clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Schaffer was a danger to the community and that no condition or combination of conditions would reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community if Mr. Schaffer was released,” court documents stated.
While Faruqui ordered that Schaffer stay incarcerated until trial, there’s a possibility he still could be released after review.
A growing number of people charged in the Jan. 6 riot who were initially held without bond have been sent home in recent weeks.
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