Judge in Capitol Riot Case Blasts Trump's Blanket Pardons: 'It Cannot Whitewash the Blood, Feces, and Terror'

"It cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake," wrote U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. "And it cannot repair the jagged breach in America's sacred tradition of peacefully transitioning power." (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))

A Judge overseeing the case of a man who was allegedly involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots has condemned Trump's pardons of those involved.

"It cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake," wrote U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. "And it cannot repair the jagged breach in America's sacred tradition of peacefully transitioning power."