A D.C. federal judge says that former President Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election still pose a threat months after a mob of his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson made the remark in a strong-worded court ruling Wednesday denying a motion to revoke detention for Cleveland Meredith, Jr., who threatened to injure Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a text message.
Remarking on Trump’s claims, Jackson wrote “the steady drumbeat that inspired defendant to take up arms has not faded away.”
“Six months later, the canard that the election was stolen is being repeated daily on major news outlets and from the corridors of power in state and federal government, not to mention in the near-daily fulminations of the former President,” Jackson wrote.
Over 400 people have been charged in connection with the riot that saw supporters of the former president overwhelm the Capitol as Congress was certifying the Electoral College victory of President Biden in the 2020 election.
Several defendants have blamed their actions that day on believing Trump’s claims about the election.
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