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CHUTKAN: Just going through court docket for Russell Alford, the only J6 defendant to go to trial in Chutkan's courtroom. Alford was arrested in March 2021 on 4 misdemeanors--after Chutkan allowed numerous exclusions to Speedy Trial Act, she set his trial for April 2022: 
BUT that's not when his trial commenced.
After both DOJ and defense asked for another delay bc DOJ kept violating its own discovery deadlines, Chutkan vacated April 2022 trial date and set it for September 2022--a full 18 months after Alford was arrested and charged.
After both DOJ and defense asked for another delay bc DOJ kept violating its own discovery deadlines, Chutkan vacated April 2022 trial date and set it for September 2022--a full 18 months after Alford was arrested and charged.
Chutkan denied Alford's change of venue motion (like every DC judge) insisting she could seat a fair jury. She consented to an extended jury selection process.
12 jurors and 2 alternates chosen in one day😂
She then suggested every American was a J6 "crime" victim lol
12 jurors and 2 alternates chosen in one day😂
She then suggested every American was a J6 "crime" victim lol
DC jury returned all guilty verdicts against Alford, a good old boy from Alabama, in a matter of hours. Same day as closing arguments (another common occurrence in J6 trials.)
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