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They have generally discussed seriousness of the crime and its unique place in American history - different from other violent free speech protests because it sought to disrupt the peaceful transition of power.
Posted on 10/01/2021 1:56:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the recommendation of prosecutors, a federal judge sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter to probation on Friday and suggested that the Justice Department was being too hard on those who broke into the Capitol compared to the people arrested during anti-racism protests following George Floyd’s murder.
U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden questioned why federal prosecutors had not brought more cases against those accused in 2020 summertime protests, reading out statistics on riot cases in the nation’s capital that were not prosecuted.
“I think the U.S. attorney would have more credibility if it was even-handed in its concern about riots and mobs in this city,” McFadden said during Danielle Doyle’s sentencing for entering the Capitol on Jan. 6 with a throng of other rioters. Prosecutors recommended two months of home confinement.
The statements by McFadden, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, were a major departure from the other federal judges overseeing insurrection cases so far, despite other Trump appointees on the court assigned to the hundreds of cases. They have generally discussed seriousness of the crime and its unique place in American history - different from other violent free speech protests because it sought to disrupt the peaceful transition of power.
By contrast, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Friday sentenced another rioter, Andrew Ryan Bennett, to three months of home confinement, accepting the request by prosecutors. Bennett was accused of espousing conspiracy theories about the election and used “pugnacious rhetoric” in posting about his plans to be in Washington.
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” Bennett was accused of espousing conspiracy theories about the election and used “pugnacious rhetoric” in posting about his plans to be in Washington.”
He was found guilty of being an MSNBC show
Wow, that judge better watch his back.
Good for him!!!!
. Seems someone is listening?
Sounds like a reasonable man.
“pugnacious rhetoric”
DoJustUS treating Jan6 Congressional Visitors like dogs....
“Bennett was accused of espousing conspiracy theories about the election and used “pugnacious rhetoric” in posting about his plans to be in Washington.”
Rhetoric is a reason to imprison people in the USA?
This is not good.
Sentenced for exercising First Amendment rights.
That title sucks.
He questions if they were treated fairly.
Someone doesn’t want anyone to read this.
I actually raised the same beef we have. Why are these
people being treated like this, when those who rioted,
looted, committed arson, and killed people, got a complete
pass?
In the Land of Change, you don’t question authority or how the tyrants came to power.
I actually raised the same beef we have. Why are these...
He actually raised the same beef we have. Why are these
And she knew it was directed at her. And she was scared beyond belief.
“..And she was scared beyond belief....”
The vile, demonic Botoxian just thinks it was scared.
Wait till it meets the Reaper with scythe in hand...face to face knowing full well that the next stop is back to its “big daddy” in hell itself.
Can’t happen soon enough.
He formed a fair and impartial decision because he’s not a radical leftist:
Trevor Neil McFadden is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump (R) on June 7, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 30, 2017, by a vote of 84-10.
I find it ironic that so many of these terrorists in black robes are concerned about the “peaceful transfer of power” when so many did so much to prevent the peaceful transfer of power in 2016-17. They spent 4 years “espousing conspiracy theories about the election and used “pugnacious rhetoric” about that election. Did ANY of them get arrested or get charged or get tried for their insurrection, no, instead they were rewarded with book deals, TV shows, newspaper columns, etc.
a good fair BLACKROBE???? they are extinct.
They have generally discussed seriousness of the crime and its unique place in American history - different from other violent free speech protests because it sought to disrupt the peaceful transition of power.
Watch it that sounds like “pugnacious rhetoric”.
The devil just put on a sweater.
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