Obama appointed federal judge agrees to postpone J6 defendant’s trial
William Pope, from Topeka Kansas, represented himself since his arrest related to the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. The judge, Rudolph Contreras, argued that he didn’t want to waste time and resources needed for a jury trial, especially if Donald Trump subsequently issues pardons. Pope also referenced Jack Smith’s actions related to Smith’s cases against Trump to help bolster his own argument.
From Newsweek:
“In delivering both an electoral victory and popular vote majority, the American people gave President Trump a mandate to carry out the agenda he campaigned on, which includes ending the January 6 prosecutions and pardoning those who exercised First Amendment rights at the Capitol,” Pope wrote in an earlier filing.
He also suggested that special counsel Jack Smith’s decision to vacate a briefing schedule relating to his cases against the president-elect should influence the judge’s decision on his case, which the U.S. Department of Justice pushed back on.
“The need to ‘determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy’ is not similarly implicated in this case, where the defendant is a private citizen,” the government said in its response. “Courts have denied similar motions to continue other January 6 trials on this basis.”
The judge appeared to decide otherwise, pushing back Pope’s trial into 2025.
“No new date has been set yet, but we’ll have a status hearing in 30 days,” Pope posted on X, formerly Twitter, following the decision. “Unfortunately, the prosecutor’s facial expressions won’t make it into the court transcript.”
Additional Reading:
Gooding, D. (2024, November 14). Jan. 6 defendant gets legal win from Obama judge because of Trump’s victory. Newsweek. Link.
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So much for speedy trials.
I’d say out of the hundred of people arrested you are looking at a handful of legitimate cases, none of which would have been prosecuted if the politics were reversed.
They have to deal with the murderer who killed Ashley Babbitt.
That should be first on the agenda.
That should have been done years ago. While I don’t have access to the investigation work it seems to me that shooting an unarmed woman from 50′ that was posing no threat to anyone would not be justified any other day.
First there will have to be a US attorney that will take the case and thoroughly investigate it.
Shooting from ambush. She never even knew he was there til he capped her.
The question now is, of those that were wrongfully prosecuted and jailed, lost their homes, families and livelihoods be made whole?
Were that me who lost all, the check being written would not have enough space to contain the number. I would however be gracious, and settle for an amount half that if those responsible for arresting, prosecuting and sentencing me would agree to serve the remainder of my sentence in the same jail, same treatment I was afforded and lose all I had lost. But they would have to agree to this, otherwise, bring a brand new ink pen. I don’t want to hear you ran out of ink.
The answer is that they won’t.
“Unfortunately, the prosecutor’s facial expressions won’t make it into the court transcript.”
ROFLOL.
What do you think his face revealed? Disgust that he (the prosecutor) couldn’t throw the J6 defendant under the jail? Fear that Trump might sic Gaetz on him next?
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What in the AI deep fake sam hell is that. Ummm… I’m feeling deeply conflicted in my emotions looking at this.
AOC and one of her minions
Skippy,
Kooky Boebert is now an AOC minion?
lolol
No
it pays to look at the photo before I run my mouth
Ok…. ok… I’ll do it IF I can bring duct tape.
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😁😀😄😂
She died so many times on J6….
And yet her she is. She looks much better without her donkey teeth showing, I’ll give her that.
Now that,, is bipartisanship!!!!
Well done, Sir!!
Well, of course any non-crazed judge would put the cases on hold. Why waste time and resources on trials that would be rendered moot when Trump pardons the J6 defendantsh
That tells me that I have been correct in my opinion for the past four years. It’s been a political witch hunt and total BS! The dumb asses that did dumb shit need to be held accountable, even if their dumb shit doesn’t come close to the dumb shit from the other side over the year prior to. But they have citizens locked up that were there, but never entered the building.
Look at the latest headlines about how the Dumbocrats (specifically Chucky Schumer) all of the sudden want the GOP to “play nice”
F em. They had a chance!!
I fully expect the GOP swamp rats to continue the same/same.
I also hope and pray that Trump is able to “rock the boat” enough to “right the ship”!