Judges In Riot Cases Increasingly Smack Down Idiocy

February 19, 2024 Trump cultists, Trump Lies

In a growing number of cases, judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia are using their platform to swat down conspiracy theories perpetuated by some Jan. 6 defendants and their supporters.

Several hearings and exchanges witnessed by CBS News over the past two months illustrate how judges are still confronting false claims about what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, and how they have responded to defendants and political figures who continue to perpetuate falsehoods about the attack.

Some of the judges, who share responsibility and oversight of more than 1,200 Capitol riot prosecutions, have ratcheted up their denunciations of efforts to rewrite the history of the attack on the Capitol, just as Trump campaigns to return to the White House.

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The judge raised her voice as she channeled the frustrations of her colleagues

“I hate this. I hate all of this. I hate having to have these conversations”

Judges escalate their denunciations of Jan 6 conspiracy theories

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