Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton has threatened to impose harsh penalties on citizens who publish 'disinformation' about Jan. 6 on the Internet.
Despite being slapped down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for ordering a Jan. 6 probationer's computer use be monitored for so-called disinformation, Judge Walton appears ready to reimpose the restriction on Daniel Goodwyn of Corinth, Texas.
"I am unclear and curious who the judge thinks besides himself will be the Minister of Disinformation for the court if Mr. Goodwyn expresses any views that differ from what the judge believes," she said.
Mr. Goodwyn's post-Jan. 6 speech caught the attention of Judge Walton when Mr. Goodwyn appeared on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox News Channel.
Judge Walton, when imposing a 60-day prison sentence in June 2023, said Mr. Goodwyn spread "Disinformation" during Mr. Carlson's program on March 14, 2023.
Judge Walton ordered that Mr. Goodwyn's computer be subject to "Monitoring and inspection" by a probation agent to check if he spread Jan. 6 disinformation during the term of his supervised release.
A March 26 mandate that sent the issue back to Judge Walton said if he still wanted to impose computer monitoring, he must explain his legal reasoning, develop a record to support the provision, and ensure that what he orders follows federal supervised-release law and accords with constitutional protections.
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