A federal judge in Washington, D.C., asked during a Friday hearing whether those who have been arrested and detained for alleged roles in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol Building are being treated fairly.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, appeared to suggest that at least some of the accused rioters were being treated worse than people arrested for rioting last year in the nation’s capital after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, according to CNN.
“The US Attorney’s Office would have more credibility if it was even-handed in its concern about riots and mobs in the city,” said McFadden during a hearing for a Capitol rioter, the network reported. He went on to cite complaints from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser that the Justice Department was dragging its feet in charging DC rioters.
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