Capitol Rioter Taunts Judge After Sentencing – Trump Will Pardon Me!!

During his sentencing hearing on Friday, a convicted Capitol Rioter taunted the judge by yelling “Trump’s gonna pardon me!” after his sentence was handed down. The rioter was convicted of five charges, including one felony, and was sentenced to a year in prison followed by a year of supervised release. If Trump follow through with his threat to pardon these people then all of that becomes moot. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

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Things got a little rowdy in a DC courtroom. La uh, last Friday after US district judge, uh, Royce Lamberth sentenced a capitol rioter to one year in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. This capital Rioter happened to be convicted a year ago. You know, we're just now getting around to the sentencing a year later. He'd already be outta jail if we'd just done it right then. But anyway, this capital Rioter was sentenced a year ago to five separate counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, which is a felony, uh, misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct, and a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a capital building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capital building. So one felony for misdemeanors year in prison, year of supervised release, and after the judge handed down this sentencing and read a statement that said, I will do my job as I'm bound by oath to do, and the president will do his. It's as simple as that. And after that, this convicted and sentenced capital rioter shouted out in j uh, in the courtroom, excuse me, Trump's gonna pardon me. Anyways. And then as this convicted and sentenced, Capitol Rioter was walking out of the courtroom, others in the courtroom started yelling, don't worry, Phil Donald's gonna take care of you.

And the worst part is he might. That's actually a real possibility. In fact, we have seen some judges decide to just indefinitely postpone the cases of the Capitol rioters that remain in front of them because their concerned that Donald Trump is gonna come into office and issue blanket pardons for all these people. So what's the point? But this judge, judge Lambert did the right thing. And, and I love that statement. Like, listen, I'm gonna do my job. I'm bound by oath to do my job. I'm not gonna not do this. And then whatever happens, happens. But I know that I did my job. That's what those other judges also need to realize. Sure, Trump may come in and pardon these people, but that doesn't mean that you don't have to do your job. Up to that point, he may not pardon them. Hell, we have already seen, uh, Caroline Levitt, Donald Trump's incoming press secretary, tell the media that, uh, we're gonna do it on a case by case basis, which would actually take years if that is what they decide to do if they do it at all.

Let's not forget Donald Trump did, of course, have the ability to issue blanket pardons to these individuals before he left office. He had 14 days left in office after the Capitol Riot. He could have pardoned these people then, and he didn't. And a lot of them knew that, and they were off about it, but he pledged to do it right. And it's not like a politician has ever pledged to do something and then just not done it. And sure, he is gonna have very loud voices in his ear. People like Marjorie Taylor Greene telling him to do the pardons, but he also has other things he wants to do that are far more important, like deporting 20 million people and wrecking our economy. Those are his top priorities, getting that tax cut package passed. So pardoning, these people who do belong in prison, is definitely not high up on the list of priorities. And even if Trump does it, then that doesn't mean that somebody like this guy won't end up at least serving half his term. Maybe he'll learn something, maybe he'll start to feel a little bit of remorse and regret. And that's the point. Judges, even if Trump does it, he's not gonna do it on day one. Put these people in jail while you have the chance to do it. At least give them some kind of punishment before Donald Trump erases it completely.