A federal judge in Washington reprimanded an attorney whose withdrawal from a Jan. 6 defendant's case led to a delay in the man's trial — potentially keeping him behind bars longer — but the judge declined to refer him for disciplinary action.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, suggested last month that he was considering referring attorney Joseph McBride to the court's committee on grievances, saying it appeared the attorney misled the court when he withdrew from the case of a man charged with assaulting officers during the riot.
