The magistrate judge who apologized to suspected would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen for his treatment inside a Washington, D.C., jail during a Monday emergency motion hearing has been criticized for his standoffishness with the Trump administration over the city’s crime crackdown, and praised for his career-long commitment to DEI.
“To me, it’s extremely disturbing that he was put in five-point restraints, a person with no criminal history,” Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui, who devoted much of his career to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, said during the hearing, adding that Allen is presumed innocent.
He then compared Allen, who is accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump, with suspected Capitol rioters from Jan. 6, 2021.
“It’s troubling. I never heard of one Jan. 6 defendant who was put in five-point restraints or in a safe cell,” he said. “If the only way to keep him safe is the most punitive thing, that’s a problem.”
“Pardons may erase convictions, but they don’t erase history,” he said. “They were hanging gallows outside.”
“What am I to say to Allen that this is going to be a fair process if we’re putting him in a safe cell when he’s not supposed to be in there?” Faruqui asked. “At a minimum, I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to.”
Allen’s defense on Sunday filed a motion for an emergency hearing on his jail treatment, which was scheduled for Monday. Later on Sunday, they withdrew the motion when they learned that Allen was no longer in the jail’s suicide protocol, which dictated his placement in the safe cell.
Despite the withdrawal, Faruqui hauled the defense, prosecution and a Department of Corrections (DOC) attorney into court for the emergency hearing where he decried Allen’s treatment.
Faruqui has been involved in multiple spats with the Trump administration and has a long history of spewing left-wing talking points from the bench and beyond. Here’s what we know:
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His personal biography was replete with references to his minority status and growing up in Baltimore as the son of Pakistani immigrants.
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