BTW, if Trump had been hoping for a judge likely to go along with his lies about Jan. 6 -- that it was really ANTIFA, that it was peaceful, that those arrested are being persecuted -- he must be disappointed.
Judge Tanya Chutkan has earned a reputation for seeing the Jan. 6 attack as a serious threat against the United States and has, at times, given harsher sentences to insurrectionists than those recommended by prosecutors.
“There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government, beyond sitting at home,” she said in one case.
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