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You know, I think our democracy is in trouble. Because unfortunately, we have charlatans like our former president, who doesn’t in my view really care about democracy, but only about power. And as a result of that, it’s tearing this country apart.
— Judge Reggie Walton after a jury found Dustin Thompson, a January 6th rioter, guilty on all counts despite his defense that he was following Donald Trump’s “orders.” Judge Walton, appointed to the federal bench by George W. Bush, continued, “I have a concern that we have, unfortunately, American citizens who were so gullible that they were willing to accept what was being said without any proof that the allegations about the election had any merit whatsoever. People are just outraged at how they feel our system is not taking seriously what happened on that day because of their fear of the future of this country.”