A judge presiding over a January 6 case involving former President Donald Trump said the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests were “mostly peaceful” and commented angrily that President Trump “remains free” after January 6.
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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan criticized the comparison between the Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots and the Capitol breach during a 2021 hearing on Matthew Mazzocco, who was present on Capitol grounds on January 6, OANN reported.
“Now, there are some people who have compared the riots of January 6 with other protests that took place throughout the country over the past year and who have suggested that the Capitol rioters are somehow being treated unfairly,” Chutkan wrote. “I flatly disagree.”
“People gathered all over the country last year to protest the violent murder by the police of an unarmed man,” Chutkan continued. “Some of those protesters became violent. 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.”
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, commented on the J-6ers’ treatment, saying on X: “The Department of Justice charged only about 300 people for the left-wing and BLM riots in multiple cities across America. This same agency has charged over 1,100 to date for the Jan 6 disturbance in Washington DC.”
Judge Chutkan diverged from the prosecutorial recommendation for Matthew Mazzocco because she felt he only showed remorse when it became clear he could face jail time.
According to court documents, Mazzocco went inside the Capitol when crowds streamed inside and interrupted a joint session of Congress that was convened to certify electoral votes.
The San Antonio, Texas, man was not seen committing any violent acts, according to the FBI and prosecutors.
“Mazzocco is seen and heard on the video telling others not to take or destroy anything, and that they were probably going to get in trouble for what they were doing,” the FBI affidavit states.
Mazzocco was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Prosecutors last month told Chutkan that Mazzocco should receive no jail time. They recommended he be sentenced to three months of home confinement, probation for three years, and at least 60 hours of community service in addition to a $500 charge of restitution.
Mazzocco admonished others not to damage any property and was only inside the Capitol for 12 minutes, and there is no evidence he himself engaged in any violence or property destruction, prosecutors said. He also admitted to his actions in a timely manner and did not have a criminal history.
“Mr. Mazzocco was in the Capitol for only 12 minutes, and he did tell others, don’t take or break anything, noting that they would probably get in trouble for what they did,” Judge Chutkan wrote.
Ms. Chutkan, in another sentencing hearing in October 2022, expressed anger that Trump is not behind bars.
“I see the videotapes,” Ms. Chutkan wrote. “I see the footage of the flags and the signs that people were carrying and the hats they were wearing and the garb. And the people who mobbed that Capitol were there in fealty, in loyalty, to one man—not to the Constitution, of which most of the people who come before me seem woefully ignorant; not to the ideals of this country; and not to the principles of democracy. It’s a blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day.”
President Trump commented on this in a social media post, saying: “The following TRUTH is a quote by highly partisan Judge Tanya Chutkan, angrily sentencing a J-6er in October of 2022. She obviously wants me behind bars. VERY BIASED AND UNFAIR!”
“I intend to keep politics out of it,” Ms. Chutkan said to President Trump’s attorney John Lauro in a hearing to settle a dispute over a protective order in the President’s case.
Judge Chutkan refused to block the release of documents to the Jan. 6 Committee. In her ruling, she wrote, “Presidents are not kings, and [former President Trump] is not President.”
According to a new CBS poll, 63 percent of independents believe the indictments against the 45th president are intended to stop his campaign.
Threats
A Texas woman has been charged and ordered held after she allegedly threatened Judge Chutkan because of the judge’s involvement in cases against President Trump.Abigail Jo Shry, 43, is facing a charge of threatening to injure or kill another person after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found out she left a threatening voicemail for Judge Chutkan and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), according to charging documents.
