slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Judge slams Trump as 'charlatan' after jury finds J*** 6 r****r guilty on all counts. He said Trump doesn't care about democracy, "but only about power."

By Alexander Mallin...April 14, 2022, 4:32 PM

Trump deflects blame for J*** 6 r**ts

A federal judge in D.C. on Thursday delivered a scathing rebuke of former President Donald Trump and expressed dismay over the state of American politics just moments after a jury found a defendant charged in the J*** 6 Capitol r**t guilty on all charges.

"You know, I think our democracy is in trouble," Judge Reggie Walton said at the conclusion of the third jury trial for a defendant charged in the Capitol assault. "Because unfortunately, we have charlatans like our former president, who doesn't in my view really care about democracy, but only about power. And as a result of that, it's tearing this country apart."

Walton, an appointee of former President George W. Bush and one of the most senior judges on the D.C. court, said that he's received letters from people around the country expressing concern the justice system isn't confronting J*** 6 -- which he called an "insurgency," with the seriousness it deserves.

"I have a concern that we have, unfortunately, American citizens who were so gullible that they were willing to accept what was being said without any proof that the allegations about the e******n had any merit whatsoever," Walton said. "People are just outraged at how they feel our system is not taking seriously what happened on that day because of their fear of the future of this country."

His remarks came after a jury delivered a guilty verdict for an Ohio man charged in the J*** 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol who sought to defend himself by claiming he was following former Trump's "orders."

Dustin Thompson, 38, is the third defendant charged in connection with the Capitol attack to take their case before a jury. The six charges against him included one felony count of obstruction of Congress.

Rather than seeking to dispute the allegations against him -- that he joined the pro-Trump mob in storming the Capitol and stole a bottle of bourbon and a coat rack from the Senate parliamentarian's office, Thompson instead sought to place responsibility for his actions on Trump and his speech on the Ellipse where he urged his followers to march on the Capitol.

Dozens of others among the nearly 800 people charged thus far in the Justice Department's J*** 6 investigation have sought to make similar arguments, putting the onus on the former president and his allies who tricked them into believing baseless conspiracy theories about a s****n e******n.

That Thompson's defense fell flat with a jury could have an influence on other alleged r****rs holding out hopes they could adopt a similar strategy in their cases.

"Defense counsel wants you to focus so much on what President Trump said on the morning of J*** 6, he wants you to forget what his client did on the afternoon of J*** 6," assistant US attorney Bill Dreher said in closing arguments Thursday. "Ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to choose. This is not President Trump's criminal trial."

Speaking directly to the jury, Dreher said, "you can be mad about what happened that day, you can think what President Trump did was wrong, you can think that what he said that day led them to go do what they did."

"That doesn't matter," he continued. "As long as you find -- if you find, that Mr. Thompson knew that what he was doing was unlawful. He was 36 years old on J*** 6 ... an adult, not a child. President Trump didn't hold his hand as he walked down to the Capitol to l**t and defile the Senate Parliamentarian's office."

Dreher said that Thompson's effort to put the blame on Trump's words was not only irrelevant, but misleading -- because it doesn't appear based on data obtained from Thompson's Uber account that he was even present at Trump's Ellipse speech.

"It's a story that is not true and that does not hold up," Dreher said.

MORE: O**h K****r is 1st to plead guilty to s*******s conspiracy for J*** 6, will cooperate with prosecutors

Following the reading of the verdict, Judge Walton ordered Thompson to remain in custody pending his sentencing and slammed him for his testimony in the trial, which Walton said he found "totally disingenuous" and "not t***hful."

"I just don't think you can do what he did and what the other folks did if you're convicted and expect to be free," Walton said. "It's a consequence -- as my mother once told me, 'you make your bed you got'ta lie in it.'"

Thompson is set to be sentenced in July.

Liberty Tree

So? One person's opinion. One could find other judges who disagree.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Not Worth a reply. Some democrat operative judge has a negative opinion of Trump. Shocker.

Kevyn

A democrat operative? He was appointed by George Bush, try again.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Yeah, what we need like a second asshole, is another politically biased judge.

There is only One true Judge, and the way things are going in this fkdup world right now, I doubt if He is gonna tolerate it much longer.

US Marines: "Days of Elijah".

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

H.W. and Jr. were/are RINO g*******ts and both were/are t*****rs to our country.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Don’t care who appointed him. He’s an activist liberal judge. Democrats best friend.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Hmmmm......OK.

Should I switch my political opinions because of this douche bag?
Sounds to me like this booger eater is injecting his personal opinions into his judgements instead of following the law.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/senior-judge-reggie-b-walton

Excerpt..."Judge Walton previously served as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1981 to 1989 and 1991 to 2001, having been appointed to that position on two occasions by Presidents Ronald Reagan in 1981 and George H. W. Bush in 1991."

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

This judge just made it impossible for him to personally rule on any case against Trump if one comes before him.

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

Would you think the same way if he was praising Trump? That too would be biased.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

"Booger eater" Nah, Arch, one should always go with their brain/heart or wh**ever suits' em.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

He should not have mentioned Trump. Period. The guy did what he did, or didn't do it.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

What Trump said in his speech didn't "incite" anything. This is all bullscat.

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

His defence was he was acting on Trumps behalf. He responded to Trumps request. Trump was the instigator. He would not have been there and done what he did if Trump had not tried to instigate an i**********n. Trump is on trial, figurative, in every trial of those that followed his directions. All of the people he used.