Judge denies access to rioter's community service records
ABC News
A federal judge has denied a news media coalition’s request for public access to records of court-ordered community service by one of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last year
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has denied a news media coalition's request for public access to records of court-ordered community service by one of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last year.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled Wednesday that Anna Morgan-Lloyd's community service records are not “judicial records” subject to public disclosure because they played no role in the judge's decision-making process.
Several news outlets, including The Associated Press, jointly requested access to the records of community service by Morgan-Lloyd, the first Capitol rioter to be sentenced. In June, Lamberth sentenced the Indiana woman to three years of probation and ordered her to perform 120 hours of community service.
Dozens of Capitol rioters have been ordered to perform community service as a condition of probation. Probation officers typically monitor a defendant's community service but do not publicly report on their compliance.
