Top DC federal judge criticizes "schizophrenic" Justice Department approach to January 6 cases
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The chief judge in Washington, DC's federal court laid into the Justice Department on Thursday for its "schizophrenic" and "puzzling" approach to January 6 cases, saying judges' hands are tied from giving hefty punishments because prosecutors keep offering misdemeanor deals to rioters.
Calling the insurrection the "crime of the century," Chief Judge Beryl Howell of DC District Court said prosecutors' charging decisions and their suggested punishments for some nonviolent rioters are "baffling" and "peculiar."
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