November 9, 2024
Aman charged over his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol warned a judge Friday that he should not hold his trial before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
William Pope, from Topeka, Kansas, has represented himself in court and filed a motion to U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras to push back his case, saying that continuing the prosecution would have consequences.
“As I look at this from a thousand foot perspective, I find it important to renew my warning from ECF No. 329, that, ‘wielding extreme government force can lead to a dangerous cycle of escalating retribution as control of the government continues changing hands,'” he wrote.
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Pope, who was arrested alongside his brother, also called for the judge to begin “bestowing mercy” on others charged over the riot, which saw Trump supporters storm the Capitol in a bid to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden‘s 2020 election win.
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