Charlotte Observer
Judge Randolph Moss has denied Hector Vargas Santos’s request to recover fines following his January 6 conviction. Santos has been convicted of four misdemeanors for storming the Capitol. Moss cited a Supreme Court ruling that pardons do not erase convictions or penalties. Santos was accused of contributing to over $2.8 million in damages. He was fined $2,500, with $500 restitution to the Architect of the Capitol and a $70 special assessment.
Santos paid $2,026.19 before receiving a pardon from Trump. Moss wrote, “As the Supreme Court explained in Knote … once a conviction has been ‘established by judicial proceedings,’ any penalties imposed are ‘presumed to have been rightfully done and justly suffered,’ regardless of whether the defendant later receives a pardon.”
Moss ruled Santos’s payments are non-refundable since his conviction remains active. The Justice Department cited Nelson v. Colorado for refunds after vacated convictions, but Moss noted Santos was pardoned, not vacated.
Moss wrote, “Because Santos’ payments were collected while his convictions were ‘in force,’ id., the funds were not ‘erroneously collected’ and are therefore not refundable.” Moss clarified that a pardon does not restore rights or property lost from a conviction. Without congressional approval, Santos is not entitled to a refund, affirming the penalties’ legitimacy.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said, “But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream.”
Lamberth stated, “I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness. I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved ‘in an orderly fashion’ like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as ‘political prisoners’ or even, incredibly, ‘hostages.’ That is all preposterous. But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.”
Judge Randolph Moss has denied Hector Vargas Santos’s request to recover fines following his January 6 conviction. Santos has been convicted of four misdemeanors for storming the Capitol. Moss cited a Supreme Court ruling that pardons do not erase convictions or penalties. Santos was accused of contributing to over $2.8 million in damages. He was fined $2,500, with $500 restitution to the Architect of the Capitol and a $70 special assessment.
Santos paid $2,026.19 before receiving a pardon from Trump. Moss wrote, “As the Supreme Court explained in Knote … once a conviction has been ‘established by judicial proceedings,’ any penalties imposed are ‘presumed to have been rightfully done and justly suffered,’ regardless of whether the defendant later receives a pardon.”
Moss ruled Santos’s payments are non-refundable since his conviction remains active. The Justice Department cited Nelson v. Colorado for refunds after vacated convictions, but Moss noted Santos was pardoned, not vacated.
Moss wrote, “Because Santos’ payments were collected while his convictions were ‘in force,’ id., the funds were not ‘erroneously collected’ and are therefore not refundable.” Moss clarified that a pardon does not restore rights or property lost from a conviction. Without congressional approval, Santos is not entitled to a refund, affirming the penalties’ legitimacy.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said, “But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream.”
Lamberth stated, “I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness. I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved ‘in an orderly fashion’ like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as ‘political prisoners’ or even, incredibly, ‘hostages.’ That is all preposterous. But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.”
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I am all for deporting illegal immigrants. They are here illegally.
Then there are these criminals on film. 😂
No one in Trump’s administration has denied that he’s on the Epstein list. That includes Trump himself. He has never denied he's on the list.
Time to smoke his ass out.
Redadas de Donald Trump en California. La desolación en el corazón del sueño americano
Las redadas del gobierno de Donald Trump en California desataron una tormenta política y social. Mientras agentes federales detenían a cientos de trabajadores migrantes en operativos violentos, separando a familias, campos y negocios se ven impactados por la falta de mano de obra.
I eat food
to live
I eat women
too much
I piss away
my drink
I shit
my life away.
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Nothing new here. We know you are a good for nothing jackass.
There is no list. Just more fake media. Much like the Russian collusion
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