Who Is Colleen Kollar-Kotelly? Federal Judge Rebukes Trump's J6 Pardons
U.S. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rebuked President Donald Trump 's blanket pardons for those convicted of crimes during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol in a new court filing. Newsweek reached out to the White House via email and Judge Kollar-Kotelly via the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for comment.
DC Trial Judge Says Trump's Jan. 6 Pardons Won't Change 'Truth'
President Donald Trump’s pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol “will not change the truth of what happened” that day, a Washington federal judge wrote in an early response from the judiciary to the sweeping order.
'Will not change the truth': Federal judge who oversaw J6 trials rips into Trump's pardons
A federal judge who oversaw several trials for January 6 rioters has a furious response to President Donald Trump's decision pardoning 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol, Politico reported on Wednesday.
Judges in Washington Push Back on Trump’s Reprieve of Jan. 6 Defendants
While dismissing cases, judges who have overseen the prosecutions made clear that the orders did nothing to change the reality of the attack on the Capitol.
Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump’s pardons
The judge is the first to speak out after Trump’s sweeping clemency and dismissals of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 cases.
DC judges slam Trump pardons as 'revisionist myth,' 'will not change the truth' of Jan. 6
Federal judges in the D.C. district court have remained essentially silent while signing off on the hundreds of now-dismissed cases that for years crowded their dockets.
Judges Handling Jan. 6 Insurrection Cases Lash Out Against Trump’s Pardons
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was also handling Trump’s coup attempt case, said the pardons would not change “the historical record.”
US judge says Trump Jan. 6 pardons reflect 'revisionist myth'
A federal judge who has overseen scores of criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol condemned President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons on Wednesday, saying they reflect a "revisionist myth" about the riot.
Trump's Jan. 6 pardons won't change the 'truth', judge says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's mass pardons for rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol “will not change the truth of what happened” in the nation's capital four years ago, a federal judge wrote Wednesday as she dismissed one of nearly 1,600 cases stemming from the attack by a mob of Trump supporters.
Several GOP lawmakers defend Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons and commutations of roughly 1,500 defendants charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including some convicted of assaulting police officers.
They sentenced the January 6 rioters. Now, these judges are calling out Trump and ‘poor losers’
The federal judges in Washington, DC, who handled hundreds of cases from January 6, 2021, are pushing back against President ...
‘Cannot whitewash the blood’: Trump Jan. 6 judge hammers president’s decision to absolve Capitol rioters
A federal judge this week had choice words after Donald Trump's sweeping pardon freeing all the rioters charged for the ...
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes, Freed by Trump, Visits Capitol Hill
Rhodes had been convicted in one of the most serious cases prosecuted by the DOJ stemming from the January 6, 2021, Capitol ...