In an order filed this week, Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein said that he plans to visit the statue "to better appreciate the risks or hazards created by defendant’s conduct," according to NBC, which obtained the filing.
"Additionally, if it were deemed possible and safe, the Court would like a ladder to be made available so the Court (and counsel if requested) can view, while remaining on the ladder, the surface of the area where the defendant was situated on July 4, 2018," the order read.