A former New York City Council candidate charged for taking part in the January 6, 2021 riots requested a judge for a plea in his case following Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday's election. His petition was swiftly denial, with Judge Dabney L. Friedrich determining that the "trial will proceed as scheduled" next week.
"Despite the recent election, the Court continues to conclude that the Court's voir dire procedures will be adequate to screen out potential jurors who cannot be fair and impartial. To mitigate the risk of prejudice to the defendant, the Court will add a question to its general voir dire questions and ask the jurors follow up questions as appropriate," reads a passage of the judge's ruling on the case of Mitchell Bosch. According to Kyle Cheney, POLITICO's senior legal affairs reported, the motion to delay answered to "passions inflamed by the recent election."
