CNN —A federal appeals court, including two Donald Trump appointees, ruled Tuesday that the Democratic-lean of Washington, DC’s, population does not make its jury pool too biased to try a January 6 Capitol rioter case.
The DC US Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion written by Barack Obama-appointed Judge Patricia Millett and joined by Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, both Trump appointees, rejected the version of the argument put forward by Webster.
“Webster asserts that the District overwhelmingly voted for President Biden and historically votes for Democratic candidates.
… That may be,” Millett wrote.
“Generalized disapproval of criminal conduct — even the specific conduct at issue in a defendant’s case — says nothing about a juror’s ability to be impartial in deciding whether a particular individual committed a crime or not.”
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Donald Trump, Thomas Webster, Barack Obama, Patricia Millett, Gregory Katsas, Neomi Rao, Webster, “ Webster, Biden, ” Millett, Richard Nixon, “, ”
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Washington, DC’s