An attorney representing a Trump supporter who stormed the United States Capitol building just over four years ago took a shot at the president-elect shortly before Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced him to prison.
As Politico reports, Chutkan this week reflected about the uncertainty of Capitol riot-related cases given that President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to issue pardons to many of them.
Just before she sentenced Trump supporter Brian Kelly to 10 days in jail for his crimes related to that day, she emphasized the need to punish people who violently disrupted the peaceful transfer of power following President Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election.
“Jan. 6 exposed... serious cracks in our democracy,” Chutkan said. “We have not reached an understanding of what really happened that day. Anyone who ever thinks of doing something like that again has to understand there will be consequences.”
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Attorney Gregory Hunter, who was representing Kelly in court this week, told Chutkan he wasn't so sure that Trump would keep his promise to pardon people like his client.
"He promised three wives he’d be faithful," Hunter said.
"Don't go there," Chutkan shot back.
