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Obama-donating judge in Jan. 6 case defends BLM protesters post-riots; Donald Trump indicted.

The Judge ‌Defending Rioters and ⁤the⁣ Case Against Donald Trump

In the highly anticipated⁣ case involving former ⁤President Donald Trump and his alleged attempts‌ to overturn the 2020 election, Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District ⁣of Columbia has emerged as a controversial ‌figure. Notably, she has⁤ previously defended rioters from protests in⁢ the summer of 2020, ​drawing a distinction⁢ between their actions and the rioters at the Capitol building on ⁣January 6, 2021.

“People gathered all over the ⁣country last year to protest the violent murder by the police of an unarmed man. Some of those protesters became violent,” Chutkan said in a hearing ⁢in October 2021, per Politico. “But to compare the ​actions⁤ of‍ people protesting, mostly peacefully, for civil rights, to those of a ‌violent mob seeking to overthrow‌ the ​lawfully elected government is a false equivalency and ignores a very real danger that the January ⁣6 riot posed​ to the foundation of our democracy.”

The riots following George‍ Floyd’s death in May ⁢2020 resulted in​ numerous casualties, widespread curfews, ​and billions of dollars ‍in property damage. In contrast, the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, ‍caused an estimated $2.73 million in damage and led to⁣ the death of one rioter and injuries to several others.

It is worth ⁢noting that Judge Chutkan, appointed by President Barack Obama, has ⁢gained‌ a reputation for handing ‌down lengthy sentences‌ to ⁢defendants ⁢implicated in the Capitol riot.⁤ Additionally, records indicate that she has made political donations‍ to Obama‍ and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

The Indictment of Donald Trump

Following‌ an investigation‌ by special​ counsel Jack⁢ Smith, a grand jury in⁤ the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia‍ indicted‍ Donald Trump on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an ‌official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official ‍proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

Trump is‍ scheduled⁢ to appear before Magistrate ⁢Judge Moxila ‌A. Upadhyaya at a courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Thursday at 4 p.m.

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