MAGA outrage after federal judge appears on CNN to talk threats to him and his family
A federal judge's appearance on CNN to discuss threats he and his family have suffered in the recent past set off some in the MAGA universe.
U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton, who presided over some Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases from the District of Columbia court, chatted with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source."
The judge opened up about how he has been the target of several sinister threats.
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"They threatened me one day and then the next day called and made a threat against against my daughter and also indicated they had my address," he said of one of the incidents. "So they obviously had done some research to find out that I had a daughter, what her name was, and also where I live."
While Walton said that he tries to do his duty impartially, the tenor has reached such a white hot state that he's concerned.
"...it is very troubling because I think it is an attack on the rule of law," he said. "When judges are threatened and particularly when their family is threatened — it's something that's wrong and should not happen."
Collins asked Walton about former President Donald Trump's public attacks by speech or on social media taking on judges.
He said "when you have somebody who has status in our society and they make certain statements, it can cause people to act on those statements, even if they don't necessarily intend for someone to do so."
He continued: "So I think it's very important that people in positions of authority be very circumspect in reference to the things that they say so that they're not called causing others to act on what they say and maybe cause injury or death to someone as a result of that."
Despite speaking about himself and not delving into any cases or political realm, the MAGAverse quickly attacked Walton for publicly speaking out at all.
"Wow. Seriously," asked Mike Davis in a post on Twitter/X. "Is this a (bad) joke? This is a sitting federal judge. And he’s commenting on a pending criminal case? Against the leading presidential candidate? During the height of the election season? If so, this is highly prejudicial. And extremely inappropriate."
He later posted: "Dear Judge Reggie Walton: Lawyer up. A judicial misconduct complaint is definitely coming your way."
Edmund Burke called for Walton's impeachment. "A Federal Judge hasn't been impeached by Congress for far too long.
"I wonder if the judge realizes he is compromising a colleague's court decisions," wondered Koko White. "Appeals Court is gonna LOVE this."
And Paul Danner thinks Walton should be sent away. "That judge belongs in Gitmo," he tweeted.