Judge Reggie Walton, who was first appointed by President Ronald Reagan, accused Trump of 'tearing this country apart.'
"You know, I think our democracy is in trouble," Walton said at the conclusion of the trial."Because unfortunately, we have charlatans like our former president, who doesn't in my view really care about democracy, but only about power. And as a result of that, it's tearing this country apart."
"I have a concern that we have, unfortunately, American citizens who were so gullible that they were willing to accept what was being said without any proof that the allegations about the election had any merit whatsoever," the judge warned."People are just outraged at how they feel our system is not taking seriously what happened on that day because of their fear of the future of this country.
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