A federal judge has banned eight Capitol protestors from entering Washington, DC, without his permission in a decision on Friday after Trump floated the idea of inviting protestors to the Capitol.
US District Judge Amit Mehta covers most of the protestors whose sentences Trump commuted and who did not receive a full pardon.
The order read, "The court hereby amends the conditions of supervised release … to include the following special conditions. You must not knowingly enter the District of Columbia without first obtaining the permission from the Court,” the decree says, with an identical prohibition against setting foot in “the United States Capitol or onto surrounding grounds."
Judge Mehta President Barack Obama and also serves as a panelist on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court which is the same court that has been rubberstamping the mass surveillance of the American people.
This decision is likely to set up a battle between Trump and the D.C. judges who are determined to flout Trump's pardons of the J6 protestors.
The news that Trump had granted sweeping pardons and sentence commutations to the Jan. 6th protestors sent progressives into a howling rage at the news that Trump was really going to end the unjust imprisonment of political prisoners.
In all, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people who participated in the protest, many of whom committed no crime and were merely attending the protest.
Leftist prosecutors attempted to hit innocent protestors with obstruction charges which were overturned by the Supreme Court but it still took Trump winning the presidency and issuing pardons to free innocent conservative protestors.
There were a further 14 protestors whose sentences weren’t fully wiped away, but Trump has made it clear that those cases also could “go to a full pardon," which seems likely considering this decision from Judge Mehta barring protestors from attending events at the Capitol.
When Trump was asked about hosting protesters, Trump said, "I don’t know. I’m sure that they probably would like to. I did them something important, but what they did is they were protesting a crooked election. I mean, people understand that also, and they were treated very badly. Nobody’s been treated like that. So I’d be open to it, certainly. I don’t know of anything like that, but I think they’re going to meet with some of the congresspeople — congressmen, -women want to meet [them], but I’d certainly be open to it."
Trump isn't backing down on the January 6th protestors and is holding strong on his promises to protect them and give them justice for the last four years of injustice that they have faced.
Those who protested at the Capitol on January 6th all those years ago have faced unspeakable civil rights violations with some alleging that physical abuse was common.
There have been allegations of physical abuse, retaliation, and deprivation of food and heat, in a squalid D.C. jail where some defendants were housed for extended periods without charges.
Most concerning is the strong evidence that many protestors were pressured to confess to crimes they didn't commit. It will be up to Trump and his new Department of Justice to untangle this mess and hold bad actors in the justice system accountable.
