The former president has referred to the jailed defendants as 'hostages' but Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the label at a sentencing for a Jan. 6 participant.
’s election interference case rejected the notion Wednesday that jailed defendants charged with some of the most violent crimes of the U.S. Capitol riot are “hostages” — a label Trump and his allies have frequently used to describe the prisoners.
Trump’s trial in Washington for the election interference case was scheduled to start March 4, but Chutkan agreed towhile the former president pursues his claims that he is immune from prosecution. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments for Trump’s appeal later this month. Chutkan told Vo, 31, of Bloomington, Indiana, that he was fortunate that she didn’t order him jailed after his trial conviction. She said he has consistently refused to express remorse or accept responsibility for his conduct on Jan. 6.Before learning his sentence, Vo said he is “sorry for everything” and knows he shouldn’t have entered the Capitol on Jan. 6.In his bio for a social media account, Vo has called himself a “J6 wrongful convict.
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