Day 9 of the Capitol Riots hearing is going on right now. This is the last public hearing of the January 6 Committee before the US midterm elections commence on November 8, 2022. As a special committee exhibit, the comments of Judge Amy Berman Jackson were presented at the hearings by the vice chair of the committee, Liz Cheney.

Judge Jackson had commented, “High-ranking members of Congress and state officials who know perfectly well the claim of fraud was and is untrue and that the election was legitimate are so afraid of losing their own power, they won’t say so”.

Who is Judge Amy Berman Jackson?

Judge Amy Berman Jackson was born as Amy Berman in Baltimore, Maryland on July 22, 1954. Her parents are Barnett Berman and Mildred Sauber. Barnett Berman was a doctor who worked at the John Hopkins Hospital.

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Jackson received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and later went on to earn the Juris Doctor title from the Harvard School of Law. 

Her professional career began under Judge Harrison L. Winter as a Law clerk. In 1980, she became the District of Columbia’s Assistant United States Attorney and carried on serving in the position till 1986. During this period, she also received the Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards for her performance on high-profile criminal cases.

After serving in this position, Jackson joined the law firm Venable, Baetjer, Howard and Civiletti as an associate, and later became a partner. After this stint, the Baltimore native worked with the firm Trout Cacheris & Solomon PLLC before being named a federal judge.

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Jackson was nominated by former President Barack Obama to the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Besides a number of high-profile rulings, Jackson had sentenced former president Donald Trump’s aide, Roger Stone, to a 40-month prison sentence along with a fine of $20,000.

She had also ruled in the cases of some January 6 Capitol rioters who had attacked law enforcement personnel.