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A Reagan-appointed judge imposing punishment for a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter wants to set the record straight: that fateful day where five people died and scores were wounded, was “not patriotism; it was the antithesis of patriotism.” Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who has served on the bench for nearly four decades, came down on defendants’ “preposterous” claims to diminish their actions, according to the sentencing remarks and first reported by The Washington Post. “The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong,” he said on Thursday while imposing an extra two…

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