Federal judge: Capitol riot was not ‘legitimate political discourse’

Published February 11, 2022 10:27pm ET



A federal judge took a shot at the Republican National Committee, saying the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was not “legitimate political discourse.”

D.C. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s remarks Thursday came as she sentenced Mark Leffingwell to six months in prison for punching two officers during the riot.

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