Timely and appropriate story from ABC NEWS with this
headline:
Judge “shocked” by efforts
to “rewrite history” of January 6 attack, those who label perpetrators “hostages”
Short version from the main article: From a senior judge for the
D.C. district court issued a scathing rebuke those he says are trying to “rewrite
history” of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, writing that he has
been “shocked” to see some public figures attempt to label the perpetrators of
the violence that day as “hostages.”
Senior judge Royce
Lamberth, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan with nearly 40 years of
judicial experience, said in a written ruling: “I have been dismayed to see
distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness. I have
been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming
rioters behaved “in an orderly fashion like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing
convicted January 6 defendants as political prisoners or even, incredibly,
hostages.”
He concluded writing: “That
is all preposterous. But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided
rhetoric could presage further danger
to our country.”
Full article: A
senior judge for the D.C. district court issued a scathing rebuke on Thursday of
those he says are trying to “rewrite history” of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, writing he has been “shocked” to see some public figures
attempt to label the perpetrators of the violence that day as “hostages.”
Senior Judge Royce
Lamberth, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan with nearly 40 years
of judicial experience, said in a written ruling Thursday: “I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into
the public consciousness. I have been shocked to watch some public figures try
to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved 'in an orderly fashion' like
ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as ‘political
prisoners’ or even, incredibly, ‘hostages.’ That is all preposterous.”
Judge Lambert added: “But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.”
Lamberth's comments came as part of a ruling tied to a sentencing of a January 6
defendant convicted of misdemeanor offenses, James Little, who has sought to
argue he's the victim of a political prosecution. Little was initially ordered
to be sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years on probation – Little
appealed and federal appeals court sent it back to Lamberth for resentencing
even though Little had already completed his incarceration.
Lamberth presided over
many other high-profile January 6 cases: (1) Jacob Chansley, known as the “QAnon Shaman,” and (1) Christopher Worrell, former Proud Boys member who went
missing just before he was set to be sentenced for his role in January 6.
Lamberth wrote in
response to Little's claims: “The
Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything
wrong. But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when
such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream.”
Trump said at a rally on the eve of the Jan. 6 anniversary this year: “The J6 hostages, I call them. Nobody has
been treated ever in history so badly as those people nobody's ever been
treated in our country.”
While not mentioning Trump
or others in the GOP who have used “hostages” rhetoric, Lamberth cited his
decades of judicial experience and time presiding over dozens of January 6
prosecutions to “set the record straight.”
Lamberth said: “The Court cannot condone the shameless
attempts by Mr. Little or anyone else to misinterpret or misrepresent what
happened. It cannot condone the notion that those who broke the law on January
6 did nothing wrong, or that those duly convicted with all the safeguards of
the United States Constitution, including a right to trial by jury in felony
cases, are political prisoners or hostages.”
My 2 Cents: Truly spot on Judge Lamberth … excellent comments.
But, he is also right in
expressing the final idea to the MAGA Trump supporters and Rep. Stefanik
(R-NY), who BTW was the Rep. in my NY district (I’m a lifelong DEM BTW).
I track Ms. Stefanik ever
since her first run in 2014… she is pitiful and now a hardcore Trump sycophant who
always seeks the PR limelight and not much else. She also called the January 6 rioters
“hostages.” She is truly a pitiful person.
The judge said that act on
January 6 and denial comments since presage our future – he is 100% correct and
that is based on Trump’s own words in his so-called “Project 2025” plan should we win in November – which I don’t think he will…
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