Posted on 02/18/2026 8:06:00 AM PST by MtnClimber
One of the woke attorneys for an Antifa terror defendant wore clothing with politically-charged messaging to jury selection.
FORT WORTH, Texas — A mistrial has been declared on the first day of the historic first federal Antifa terrorism trial after a woke lawyer for one of the defendants engaged in misconduct.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman halted the jury selection process after noticing that MarQuetta Clayton, a BLM-activist attorney for one of the defendants, was wearing a politically-charged t-shirt with images of Martin Luther King, Jr. and messaging about civil rights.
Judge Pittman found her clothing could prejudice jurors. His ruling came on the first day of jury selection in Fort Worth, weeks after nine federal defendants were indicted on charges stemming from a July 4, 2025 shooting ambush on the Prairieland ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas. A local police officer responding to the riot was shot in the neck. One of the defendants escaped from the scene, leading to a Texas-most-wanted manhunt for almost two weeks.
MarQuetta Clayton, who is running to be a judge in Tarrant County, Texas, is a BLM-style activist
Clayton often wears political clothing
“I don’t know why in the world you would think that’s appropriate,” Pittman told Clayton. During her politically-charged questioning of jurors, she mentioned Jesse Jackson’s death, framing her side as being the side of civil rights and justice.
The judge told her that wearing that shirt would be akin to the prosecution wearing a shirt with “Donald Trump riding an eagle with an ICE flag.” It could bias or intimidate the jurors toward a particular view. He said he had never declared a mistrial before today.
Clayton is running to be a criminal court judge in Tarrant County, Texas.
Antifa supporters set up tabling outside the courthouse for their comrades facing trial
Clayton is representing defendant Maricela Rueda. Rueda’s co-defendants include several Trantifa activists. Seven other co-defendants have already pleaded guilty and admitted on record that they were organizing under an Antifa ideology. Some of those defendants are expected to be witnesses for the prosecution.
Those facing trial are facing charges of providing material support to terrorism, attempted murder, conspiracy and firearm offenses.
The nine defendants are:
Benjamin Song
Cameron Arnold, a.k.a. “Autumn Hill” (trans)
Maricela Rueda
Bradford “Meagan Elizabeth” Morris (trans)
Ines Soto
Elizabeth Soto
Savanna Batten
Daniel Sanchez Estrada
Zachary Evetts
A new trial date starting over the jury selection process was set for next Monday.....SNIP
Dear FRiends,
We need your continuing support to keep FR funded. Your donations are our sole source of funding. No sugar daddies, no advertisers, no paid memberships, no commercial sales, no gimmicks, no tax subsidies. No spam, no pop-ups, no ad trackers.
If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today:
Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
That photo looks like she came out of her hippo pond in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
This fatazz mammy needs all her licenses pulled. She’s out of control and has possibly gone FULL RETARD. She doesn’t seem right in the head. A Black Looters Movement Wakanda Caravan Queen.
Saw a chance to get some instant headlines, took it. Would be about the worst possible kind of person you want as a criminal court judge, so of course she'll win.
Is it ever appropriate for an attorney to wear a t-shirt of any sort in court?
“””Is it ever appropriate for an attorney to wear a t-shirt of any sort in court?”””
Some judges are strict about the dress code.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHU1uoR8L30
“Ngo Comment.” That’s almost as good as James O’Keefe’s OMG! :-)
Exactly. This was deliberate and she should be disciplined, at minimum.
Anything is ethical in the cause of the revolution. (Karl Marx)
She has already tainted the upcoming jury pool with her unethical behavior by being all over the news.
She should step down from the case.
Nothing will happen to her because the courthouse is a little club and “We The People” aren’t in it even though we are forced to pay for it.
99.9% of blacks give the other .1% a bad name.
“A new trial date is set and there is a new jury pool. The new date is next Monday.”
.
Didn’t say what year...
.
Seven other co-defendants have already pleaded guilty and admitted on record that they were organizing under an Antifa ideology.
Completely non-sequitur, but when did we go from “pled guilty” to “pleaded guilty”?
Isn’t pled the past tense of plead?
That’s what Lincoln would do. But he was serious about “saving the union.”
.
Cite her for contempt. Jail and fine her.
L
Kind of off topic but
Can you imagine being in the jury Pool?
You almost got a chance to be a juror on this trial.
But nope. The group of jurors will be from next weeks batch.
I have jury duty in a couple weeks.
I bet that most jurors are thankful that they will not be Antifa targets for retribution for convicting any of their “darlings”.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.