A Texas man accused of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is set to be released after 20 months in pretrial detention.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan, a Reagan appointee, ordered the release of Ryan Nichols, the Jan. 6 defendant, during a hearing in Washington on Nov. 10.
Hogan is the judge responsible for Nichols, a Marine veteran, continuing to be held behind bars as the man awaits his trial but said that Nichols is not able to adequately prepare for the trial if he continues to be detained, KTLV reported.
Hogan pointed to conditions at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Virginia, where Nichols is detained. It’s not possible for Nichols to review all the evidence that he needs to before his trial at the jail, Hogan said….