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Federal judge erupts at Capitol riot defendant who refused mask: 'You don't make the rules'
The Hill ^ | 07/30/21 09:18 PM EDT | BY JORDAN WILLIAMS -

Posted on 07/30/2021 6:44:28 PM PDT by RandFan

A federal judge erupted at a Capitol riot defendant who refused to wear a mask during his hearing, telling the defendant “You don’t make the rules.”

The confrontation took place during a hearing for defendant Daniel Goodwyn, according The Washington Post. He pleaded not guilty in April to five charges in connection with the riots.

According to court records, prosecutors were trying to revoke Goodwyn’s pretrial release over his behavior, including repeatedly flouting orders to wear a mask.

During Friday’s hearing, Goodwyn’s attorney, Daniel Hull, explained to Judge Reggie Walton that Goodwyn had autism, which makes it harder for him to wear masks, the Post reported.

But when asked why he wouldn’t wear one, Goodwyn simply said “it stresses me out,” adding “I believe I would not cause someone to die by not wearing a mask.”

Instead of locking him up, Walton decided to order Goodwyn to wear a mask whenever he meets with pretrial services or appears in court, according to the newspaper.

But Walton was clear: “If you can’t do that I’m going to have no alternative [but] to lock you up and keep you locked up until this case is resolved.”

“They don’t have to put their lives at risk, they don’t have to, and they will not,” Walton continued, referring to court staff.

Goodwyn replied: “I understand [but] I’m not going to do that, sir.” He added that Texas doesn’t require masks indoors.

“I don’t care what the law in Texas is,” Walton fired back. “You don’t make the rules. You will be arrested.”

When Goodwyn was arrested at his parent’s home in Texas, the FBI learned that at least one person in the home believed they had COVID-19.

When agents placed a mask on his face, Goodwyn “attempted to chew through the mask and spit the mask out,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Goodwyn was released to home confinement in February. But prosecutors said he repeatedly refuses to wear a mask, show up to meetings or report his location.

Since his arrest, Goodwyn has “flouted the conditions, making clear that he does not appreciate the privilege of pretrial release provided to him by the Court,” prosecutors said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
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It’s a #ing muzzle


21 posted on 07/30/2021 8:09:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: RandFan
The judiciary seems is corrupt.
22 posted on 07/30/2021 8:13:45 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: jimfree

A fink. Thats a good one, I think I last heard that on Leave it to Beaver.


23 posted on 07/30/2021 8:34:06 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: RandFan

Impfung Macht Frei


24 posted on 07/30/2021 8:53:02 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Why not just pass a law requiring criminals to obey the laws?)
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To: RandFan

Bent but not broken.


25 posted on 07/30/2021 9:19:16 PM PDT by BRK
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To: RandFan

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26 posted on 07/30/2021 10:23:12 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: No_Mas_Obama
The judiciary IS corrupt.

You have no standing to exercise First Amendment rights since your comment was intended to harass someone. /sarcasm
27 posted on 07/30/2021 10:28:31 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: jimfree

Is that you Johnny Hart?

(Wizard of I’d, “The King is a Funk”)


28 posted on 07/30/2021 10:36:18 PM PDT by skepsel
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To: skepsel

Id, not I’d.

@#$ auto correctum !)


29 posted on 07/30/2021 10:37:34 PM PDT by skepsel
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To: RandFan
When agents placed a mask on his face...

Those mask fetishists are some twisted, evil people.

30 posted on 07/30/2021 10:42:01 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: RandFan

Judge Reggie B. Walton, if anyone would like an image to go with the name... for later.

31 posted on 07/30/2021 11:38:13 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: RandFan
Something needs to be done. The judiciary seems corrupt.

Seems corrupt? The entire thing needs to be torn down and rebuilt with the Constitution and Bill of Rights as its base. Natural Rights must be front and center.

32 posted on 07/31/2021 12:36:21 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Charles Martel

Promoting wholesale slavery of the people while using his color to defend it.


33 posted on 07/31/2021 12:41:43 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: RandFan

If he has a doctor for his autism, they could take a sworn deposition and enter it into the court proceedings.

Let’s see what develops.


34 posted on 07/31/2021 2:25:25 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: dsc

I still maintain that anyone who supports these COVID measures are either very ignorant or just plain evil.

This judge, is a highly educated individual, and I assume that he is also highly intelligent, so he would be the later.

I personally hope tyranny/revolts explode globally over this. Especially when employers begin to mandate vaccinations.


35 posted on 07/31/2021 3:34:58 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: skepsel

Indeed I was inspired by The Wizard of Id.


36 posted on 07/31/2021 4:54:06 AM PDT by jimfree (My 18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: IgnorerOfLiberals

“I personally hope tyranny/revolts explode globally over this. Especially when employers begin to mandate vaccinations.”

If it’s going to, I wish it would while my grandkids are small enough to protect.


37 posted on 07/31/2021 9:41:51 AM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: RandFan

And when the British King said that exact same sentence, George Washington responded, “Here, hold my beer.”


38 posted on 07/31/2021 12:29:49 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: RandFan

They’ll squash it on appeal, but this one needs to go to Scotus.

One such case won’t get there, but multiple test cases will. Keep pushing!


39 posted on 07/31/2021 3:36:38 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: rey

True, but judges run the courthouses.

Despite being a generally maskless state, here in FL I have to wear a mask inside our county courthouse because the FL Supreme Court says so.


40 posted on 07/31/2021 4:23:05 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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