05-31-2021, 12:22 PM
Judge Amy Berman Jackson strikes again - CNNPolitics
Quote:Known for her sharp criticism of the Trump administration's moves and in the criminal proceedings of former Trump advisers Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, Jackson this week cut through Washington's noise again as she called former Attorney General William Barr's considerations for rolling out the Mueller report "public relations" in a records access lawsuit opinion.
Days later, in the criminal cases of two January 6 US Capitol riot defendants, she noted how former President Donald Trump was continuing to spread lies, potentially inspiring his supporters to strike again.
Trump "continues to propagate the lie that inspired the attack on a near daily basis," she wrote in an opinion Thursday keeping riot defendant Karl Dresch in jail. "And the anger surrounding the false accusation continues to be stoked by multiple media outlets as well as the state and federal party leaders who are intent on censuring those who dare to challenge the former President's version of events."