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BumRushDaShow

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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:35 PM Nov 6

Trump victory encourages Jan. 6 defendants to ask for their cases to be set aside

Source: Salon

Published November 6, 2024 1:45PM (EST)


President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but some of those same defendants are not waiting until he's sworn in before asking that their cases be set aside.

On Wednesday morning, lawyers for Christopher Carnell filed a motion to delay his status hearing scheduled for Nov. 8, and also potentially those of other defendants. It was promptly rejected by Judge Beryl Howell, who is overseeing the trials of several defendants charged with violently trespassing on federal grounds in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

But Carnell apparently hoped that Trump's victory would see his request granted. In that he's not alone.

"Throughout his campaign, President-elect Trump made multiple clemency promises to the January 6 defendants, particularly to those who were nonviolent participants," the filing said. "Mr. Carnell, who was an 18 year old nonviolent entrant into the Capitol on January 6, is expecting to be relieved of the criminal prosecution that he is currently facing when the new administration takes office."

That argument did not persuade Howell, who issued her rejection without comment.

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2024/11/06/victory-encourages-jan-6-defendants-to-ask-for-their-cases-to-be-set-aside/

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Trump victory encourages Jan. 6 defendants to ask for their cases to be set aside (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 6 OP
"I might get a pardon" isn't enough for a judge to set aside cases. TwilightZone Nov 6 #1
"That argument did not persuade Howell, who issued her rejection without comment." ancianita Nov 6 #2
Why would Trump want to pardon Antifa and FBI plants? That's what right wingers called them at the time. keithbvadu2 Nov 6 #3
we are now a lawless country travelingthrulife Nov 7 #4
...and so it begins. Nothing matters any longer. PerceptionManagement Nov 7 #5

TwilightZone

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1. "I might get a pardon" isn't enough for a judge to set aside cases.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:38 PM
Nov 6

Besides, Trump has hedged on the claim a couple of times, qualifying it with "some" and "might".

As usual, he's playing all sides of the issue.

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