These cases were heard by judges appointed by Democrats and Republicans:
“Judges appointed by Republican presidents have shown no (or little) more sympathy to the defendants. Judges Dabney Friedrich and Tim Kelly, both appointed by Donald Trump, have rejected arguments by two members of the Proud Boys that the vote certification was not an “official proceeding” covered by the felony obstruction statute. Judge Trevor McFadden, also a Trump appointee,
lectured another defendant: “You participated in a shameful event, a national embarrassment.” And Judge Reggie Walton, a George W. Bush appointee,
scolded another: “You’ve disgraced this country in the eyes of the world and I find it outrageous that American citizens would act as you did. My inclination would be to lock you up, but since the government isn’t asking me to do it … I won’t.”
From:
The D.C. District Court and the Jan. 6 Cases