PORTLAND — Matthew Klein, one of two Oregon brothers accused in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, was released from custody on Friday, May 14, to a third-party guardian in Baker County, where he will be on home detention and GPS monitoring pending his trial.

U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss of the District of Columbia granted Klein’s pretrial release on Thursday, May 13, to a Baker County couple after refusing last week to allow him to live with his parents.

The judge had found his parents unsuitable to supervise him, based on text messages that showed his mother and father warning Matthew’s younger brother and co-defendant Jonathanpeter Klein not to broadcast their roles and that “braggers get caught,” according to court testimony and documents.

Matthew Klein, 24, and Jonathanpeter Klein, 21, both have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of an official proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, destruction of government property, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

The judge ordered Matthew Klein to be released to a woman retired from Baker County government who lives with her husband, a prison guard at the Powder River Corrections Facility, according to court documents. He must first be fitted with a location monitoring device.

The couple must remove any firearms from their residence before Matthew Klein’s arrival and complete, sign and submit forms to the court each Monday attesting that Klein has complied with his release conditions, the judge ordered.

Matthew Klein also will be restricted to travel in Baker County and was ordered to stay out of Washington, D.C., except if required to appear in court or meet with his lawyer.

He also must not use any social media and his Internet access will be limited for educational purposes “related to computer sciences self-study” or work, according to the judge.

Steven R. Kiersh, Matthew Klein’s lawyer, had urged his client’s release, arguing in part that Klein wanted to continue his education at George Fox University.

Matthew Klein enrolled at the Christian college in Newberg in fall 2017 and had been attending up until his arrest on March 23, according to the university.

“He was a senior, but he is no longer a student at George Fox,” spokesman Rob Felton said last week.

Matthew Klein was a commuter student from Sherwood and “university staff were not aware of his presence at the Capitol or alleged participation in previous rallies associated with the Proud Boys, a group whose attitudes and commitments are antithetical to the values of our community,” the university provost wrote to staff and faculty on April 23.

Matthew Klein was barred from the George Fox campus, the provost wrote last month.

Felton said Matthew Klein has been dismissed from the school and won’t be able to study at George Fox again, even remotely.

Federal prosecutor Christopher K. Veatch had argued that Matthew Klein played a larger role than his brother in the Capitol breach, noting Matthew Klein helped others scale a wall on the west side of the Capitol to allow them to get inside. After he and his brother entered the Capitol, and then left the building about 10 minutes later, the two wrenched open another door on the north side of the Capitol, Veatch said.

Jonathanpeter Klein also has asked for pretrial release to a third-party guardian, under home detention and GPS monitoring. Federal prosecutors don’t object. His release hearing will be held in early June.

Jonathanpeter Klein was arrested March 23 at Ruggs Ranch, a 100,000-acre hunting preserve outside of Heppner in Morrow County.