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OUR COMMON GROUNDThings We Knew andU.S. District Judge <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a> Walton sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the special counsel’s Russia report, saying Barr had made “misleading public statements” to spin the investigation’s findings in favor of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> showing a “lack of candor.” . . . issued an order directing the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> to provide him with an unredacted version of the report From Fresh Air<a href="https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1201394720:1259260110" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1201394720:1259260110</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mueller</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillBarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BillBarr</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>

NonilexJudge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a>’s remarks came as several federal judges in DC appointed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> presidents have spoken w/increasing urgency about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s disregard for historical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facts</a> & alarmed at his increasingly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/graphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphic</a> & at times <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violent</a> description of defendants prosecuted in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> riot as “political prisoners” & “hostages” who did nothing wrong.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevisionistHistory</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaslighting</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalViolence</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DomesticTerrorism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StochasticTerrorism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Nonilex“The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuleOfLaw</a> can only be maintained if we have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judicial</a> officers who are able to do their job & ensure that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laws</a> are in fact enforced & that the laws are applied equally to everybody who appears in our courthouse,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a> told CNN. He was prompted to speak out of concern for the “future of our country & the future of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> in our country,” Walton said, “because if we don’t have a viable court system that’s able to function efficiently, then we have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>.”

NonilexThe unusual media stmnt by a sitting fed judge came after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> blasted NY SupCourt Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> & his daughter, Loren,criticizing her affiliation w/a digital marketing co that works w/Dem candidates & erroneously attributing to her a socialmedia post showing Trump behind bars. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a>, who was appointed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> presidents RonaldReagan & GeorgeW.Bush to courts in 1981 & 1991,said “any reasonable, thinking person”would appreciate the impact of Trump’s rhetoric on some followers…

Nonilex“When judges are threatened, & particularly when their family is threatened, it’s something that’s wrong & should not happen,” US Dist Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a>, told CNN in an interview Thurs. He added, “It is very troubling because I think it is an attack on the rule of law.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobTactics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StochasticTerrorism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radicalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radicalization</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/03/29/judge-reggie-walton-interview-trump-vpx.cnn?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/03/29/judge-reggie-walton-interview-trump-vpx.cnn?cid=ios_app</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a>-appointed judges raise alarm over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> attacks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>  Federal DC Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a> warned Trump’s attacks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HushMoney</a> trial judge & others could lead to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violence</a>.  The Republican-appointed judge denounced Trump’s attacks against the judge presiding over his hush money trial in Manhattan & his daughter, calling them assaults on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuleOfLaw</a> that could lead to violence & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobTactics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a> <a href="https://wapo.st/4cAS8yw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wapo.st/4cAS8yw</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:In what legal experts r calling "extraordinary" move, a sitting fed judge spoke out against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s dayslong attack on child o judge overseeing one of his criminal trials"I think it’s important that as judges, we speak out & say things, & reference 2 things that conceivably r going 2 impact on the process. Bcuz if we don’t have viable court sys, able 2 function efficiently, we have tyranny,” Fed judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReggieWalton</a> said 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CNN</a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KaitlanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KaitlanCollins</a> in rare interview Thurs<a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/03/29/very-troubling-reveals-extraordinary-truth-out-about-trumps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2024/03/29/very-troubling-reveals-extraordinary-truth-out-about-trumps/</a>

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