A federal judge tossed the charges against Robert Rundo, first filed in 2018, twice — prompting the Ninth Circuit to order another judge assigned to the case. A white supremacist was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Friday for organizing violent confrontations with leftist demonstrators at political rallies in California. Robert Rundo, 34, had pleaded guilty on September 13 to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Riot Act. His sentencing hearing in Los Angeles marks the end of the lengthy prosecution that was derailed twice by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney in Santa Ana. The George W. Bush appointee first dismissed the charges because he thought the U.S. Anti-Riot Act was “unconstitutionally overbroad.” After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that ruing and reinstated the charges and Rundo was extradited to the U.S. from Romania, Carney threw them out a second time, and concluded Rundo and his fellow defendants were the victims of selective prosecution because the government hadn’t charged antifa demonstrators who engaged in violence. Again, the Ninth Circuit reversed and this time ordered the case to be assigned to a different judge. Rundo then cut a plea deal with the prosecution, who agreed not to seek more than two years in prison.
via courthousenews: White supremacist gets two years in prison for attacking demonstrators at rallies