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« on: August 09, 2022, 12:04:32 AM »

Like would his appointees be ineligible or just expected to recuse themselves if chosen?

FWIW I looked at the DC District Court and it's definitely not friendly to him, he only has four appointees on it, and only one of those (Trevor McFadden) has a reputation for being particularly hackish and even McFadden hasn't been super-friendly to January 6 defendants even if he's the laxest judge toward them (just in terms of giving out weak sentences, he's refused to throw out charges and even found a notable one guilty who opted for a bench trial.) Timothy Kelly has been pretty harsh against Proud Boys, Carl Nichols presided over Steve Bannon's trial and was regarded as pretty fair, and Dabney Friedrich has a pretty conservative record in ideological cases but was pretty brutal toward Brandon Straka. It wouldn't shock me if all of them would recuse themselves anyway.
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