Gaetz criticized the judge for 'extreme sentencing' of January 6 defendants and accused her of supporting 'violent Black Lives Matter riots.'
, a Texas man who had taken part in the storming of the Capitol building on January 6, to 45 days in jail plus 60 hours of community service, going beyond the punishment recommended by prosecutors, which was three months under home confinement and probation.
"It is deeply concerning that a United States District Court judge would exhibit such blatant political bias from the bench," Gaetz said. "Judge Tanya Chutkan's extreme sentencing of January 6th defendants, while openly supporting the violent Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, showcases a complete disregard for her duty of impartiality and the rule of law. Justice may be blind, but the American people are not—we see Judge Chutkan for her actions, and we rebuke them in the greatest possible sense," he said.
"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," she said. Gaetz's resolution comes following criticism directed at Chutkan by former President Trump, who called the judge"highly partisan" and"VERY BIASED & UNFAIR!" on social media on Monday.
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