Washington, D.C.'s left-leaning politics has no bearing on its residents' ability to be fair jurors in trials of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Two Donald Trump appointees from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals joined an appointee of President Barack Obama in a unanimous three-judge ruling that turned down arguments from lawyers for former New York City Police Officer Thomas Webster that Washington jurors were too biased to sit on cases related to the riot. Read the latest
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