Several prominent judges who oversaw cases related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection publicly tore into President Donald Trump Wednesday for his sweeping pardons of more than 1,500 of the rioters. Included in the group was Judge Tanya Chutkan,
While dismissing cases, judges who have overseen the prosecutions made clear that the orders did nothing to change the reality of the attack on the Capitol.
In the days since President Donald Trump handed down pardons and commutations for the more than 1,500 of his supporters who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, federal judges in the U.S.
The federal judges in Washington, DC, who handled hundreds of cases from January 6, 2021, are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s mass clemency for convicted rioters, rebuking the newly pardoned as “poor losers” and memorializing the “blood,
Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him
Trump began his second term with a series of executive actions. The 47th US president ordered a crackdown on immigration and withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization.
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was also handling Trump’s coup attempt case, said the pardons would not change “the historical record.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's mass pardons for rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol “will not change the truth of what happened” in the nation's capital four years ago, a federal judge wrote Wednesday as she dismissed one of nearly 1,600 cases stemming from the attack by a mob of Trump supporters.
A federal judge this week had choice words after Donald Trump's sweeping pardon freeing all the rioters charged for the events on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Federal judges criticized President Trump's pardons of over 1,500 individuals linked to the Capitol riot, including members of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. While charges were dismissed, judges emphasized the immutability of the attack's records and condemned the disruptors of the peaceful transition of power.
A federal judge who has overseen scores of criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol condemned President Donald Trump'ssweeping pardons on Wednesday, saying they reflect a "revisionist myth" about the riot.