“On January 6, 2021, an angry mob of rioters invaded and occupied the United States Capitol, intending to interrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election results,” Lamberth wrote. “No matter what ultimately becomes of the Capital Riots cases already concluded and still pending, the true story of what happened on January 6, 2021 will never change.”
Chutkan, on Monday, said she fully endorsed Lamberth’s words.
“This is the United States Capitol — the people’s house,” Chutkan said. “They trashed it. They treated it like a motel room after a concert. … Engaging in an act of destruction and violence in order to halt the peaceful transfer of power has to be met by consequences.”
We know Grump is always mouthing off with threats about stuff he can't do or has moved on to a new threat before following through with the last one (gratefully) but he's promised repeatedly to pardon the Jan 6-ers and all indications are he can pardon them and will as soon as he is back in office. I know we'll be second-guessing the tragic descent of the country for years but would have been nice if more of these federal judges expressed alarm when SCOTUS "pardoned" Grump last summer or when Roberts refused to sit for his second impeachment or when the GOP, openly admitting to Grump's guilt, failed to impeach him for his election interference in 2020. Or convict him for his treason in 2016 or his violence against immigrants and protesters or his lifelong career as a financial fraudster, etc. Still think the biggest fail in all of this, more than the stupidity of the electorate, is the partisan republican corruption of the legal system and SCOTUS.
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