How judges in D.C. federal court are increasingly pushing back against
Jan. 6 conspiracy theories
In a Republican presidential primary season that has seen former
President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders refer to Jan. 6
defendants as "hostages" and openly promote conspiracy theories about
the attack on the Capitol, one institution has been at the forefront
of countering those baseless claims: the federal court in Washington,
D.C.
In a growing number of cases, judges in the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia are using their platform to swat down
conspiracy theories perpetuated by some Jan. 6 defendants and their
supporters.
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Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser in the Trump White House, was
convicted last year by a jury of contempt of Congress for defying a
subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Select Committee.
At his sentencing hearing on Jan. 25, Navarro echoed some of Trump's
unfounded statements. Judge Amit Mehta handed down a four-month prison
term, and had some choice words about Navarro's claims.
Facing Navarro in a packed fourth-floor courtroom, Mehta said Navarro
was wrong to claim the prosecution was politically motivated "when the
evidence is completely to the contrary."
Mehta also criticized Navarro's claim that the case demonstrated a
"two-tiered system of justice." The judge noted how Navarro had four
defense lawyers at his defense table during the trial and sentencing.
"There might be a two-tiered system of justice ... but this isn't it,"
Mehta said
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