JANUARY 6TH. The events of January 6 on Capitol Hill have forever marked American electoral history, but some think they could have been prevented if the election law was not ambiguous and outdated / The Washinton Post
This Friday, a judge attacked a person accused of participating in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, whom he described as a “disgrace” for the United States. The person responsible pleaded guilty to his break-in at the Congress headquarters, where five people died and dozens of police officers were injured.
The context: More than 600 people have been formally accused by the courts for their participation in the event. On that date, former President Donald Trump called for a demonstration in Washington DC in front of what he himself has denounced was an electoral fraud in the November presidential elections.
- Some of those present in the capital of the United States decided to take their protest to the government building, which they entered illegally.
- That day it was planned to certify the result of the Electoral College, which made Joe Biden’s victory official in last year’s elections.
What do they say?: “You have dishonored this country in the eyes of the world and my inclination would be to lock you up, but since the government is not asking me to do that, I will not do it,” District Court Judge Reggie Walton told Anthony Mariotto, a resident of Florida and who pleaded guilty.
- “I find it outrageous that American citizens do what you did, so you better walk the straight and narrow path, sir,” continued the magistrate.
- The judge declared that January 6 “was an attack on our government and I love my government. This government has been good to me. “
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