Two Trump-appointed judges reject comparisons between January 6 and Portland political unrest

[Nevilledog]

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Two Trump-appointed federal judges have rejected claims from January 6 defendants that they're being treated unfairly, because of their conservative politics, compared with left-leaning rioters in Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 2020.

Judge Trevor McFadden on Tuesday became the second judge in two weeks to reject the comparisons, which are popular in right-wing circles, after his colleague in Washington, DC's, federal court Carl Nichols made a similar ruling last week.

McFadden and Nichols both said the US Capitol riot defendants' arguments didn't have enough evidence to show discrimination.

In one January 6 case, defendant David Lee Judd had asked McFadden to dig into Justice Department records about prosecution decisions in Portland and DC, claiming he was being treated unfairly compared with similar defendants on the West Coast. The Capitol rioters were overwhelmingly Trump supporters unhappy with the 2020 election result, while many of the left-leaning protesters in Portland said they were fighting against racial inequality and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's murder.

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[Septua]

1. Good

[Progressive Jones]

2. This matters. nt

[The Roux Comes First]

3. Wow! He Was So Full of Himself That He Accidentally Appointed a Couple Folks

Who were not total shit-healers, like virtually all of his immediate family and remarkable circle of bootlickers.

I guess it's something.

Or is it more like the stopped clock?

[cadoman]

4. how are those two situations even remotely comparable?

The constitutionally protected right to peaceably assemble and address racial grievances compared with a militia-coordinated and armed assault of the capitol?



Guess even these two drumpfers had to fight back the laughter and toss this one out, or lose all credibility.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Trump-appointed judge rejects a Trump insurrectionist's claim that he's being "unfairly targeted"

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Guess what-aboutism doesn't make for a good defense

[gulliver]

7. It does show how foolish and counterproductive the Portland "unrest" was though

The January 6th crime perps should get heavy sentences, but lighter than the people who instigated the attack such as Trump, Jordan, Hawley et ilk. Those at the riot who "only" showed up to protest deserve a share of shame and condemnation as instigators. The guy who rages at the cop shares blame with the guy who attacks the cop.

Imo, the Portland unrest should be considered a lesson learned by Dems going forward. Its excesses should have been condemned loudly, plainly, and repeatedly and at all levels of the left. They cost us big in the election; they give Trumpies a "what about them" finger to point at us, however ridiculous that is. Every one of those Portland yahoos who committed crimes should be punished to the full extent of the law. Make an example of them and lock them up, I say, right next to Trump.