A far-left magistrate judge erupted during a hearing on Thursday after the DOJ dismissed a case against a DC man who threatened to kill President Trump.
Earlier this week, a DC grand jury declined to indict Edward Dana after he was arrested for damaging a light fixture at a DC restaurant.
Dana also allegedly threatened to kill President Trump and the DC Metro officer who arrested him.
“I’m not going to tolerate fascism. … And that means killing you, officer, killing the president, killing anyone who stands in the way of our Constitution,” Dana allegedly said, according to KTLA. “You want to stand in the way of our Constitution, I will f—ing kill you.”
Federal Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui on Thursday screamed from the bench and blasted DOJ lawyers during a hearing to dismiss the case.
The judge also apologized to the defendant who threatened kill Trump!
This thread…documenting a federal judge’s stark warnings, literally screaming from the bench about the Trump DOJ abusing rights in DC.
Judge Farriqui: “It’s September 4.. as of now we still have a Constitutional democracy” https://t.co/2rSn0U79Gm
— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) September 4, 2025
CBS News reported:
A federal judge excoriated the Justice Department over its handling of criminal cases during the Trump administration’s ongoing federal takeover of Washington, D.C., saying at a hearing Thursday that the department has brought “embarrassment and shame” on the government during its “rush” to charge individuals.
U.S. District Judge Zia Faruqui apologized to Edward Dana, a man who was charged for what the Justice Department and U.S. Secret Service said was a threat to kill President Trump last month. Dana spent a week in jail, only to have the charges against him dropped Thursday.
Faruqui said the U.S. is “past the point of constitutional crisis,” as the Trump administration “is playing cops and robbers, like children” during the federal takeover of Washington’s police department.
The judge also criticized the Justice Department over the D.C. U.S. attorney’s multiple failed indictments in recent weeks, saying he had a “grave concern” that in a “rush to get stats on Twitter or Truth Social” touting the takeover, the Justice Department has not given time to those who have been “illegally detained.”
Hellbound and Down 