In response to the upcoming second term of President-elect Donald Trump, two federal judges have made the decision to delay criminal trials for multiple defendants charged with trespassing on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Reports indicate that Washington, D.C., circuit court judges Carl Nichols and Rudolph Contreras, appointed by Trump and Obama, respectively, have ruled to postpone the trials until after Trump's inauguration. The judges cited the possibility that Trump may intervene in the cases and issue pardons to those convicted once he assumes the presidency and control of the Department of Justice.
