Rep. John Katko-R: US Capitol attack was 'much worse than people realized'

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22. Katko's also stunned tRump commuted the sentence of drug kingpin who orchestrated the 1990 murder of

Syracuse police officer Wallie Howard, Jr. I wonder what the "Thin Blue Line" loving crowd (i.e., MAGATs) in Onondaga County think about that? Oh, wait! Officer Howard was black. Oops! Major conflict with their hatred of BLM movement.

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021/01/outraged-a-sock-in-gut-prosecutors-us-rep-katko-police-stunned-after-trump-frees-kingpin-in-syracuse-cop-killing.html

Syracuse, NY -- The federal prosecutor who sent a drug kingpin to prison for orchestrating the murder of a Syracuse police officer expressed outrage Wednesday at President Trump’s surprise decision to release him from a life sentence.

“I’m kind of outraged that President Trump has granted him a commutation,” said retired Assistant U.S. Attorney John Duncan, a Republican who handled the trial personally.

Duncan wasn’t the only local official who blasted the outgoing president’s decision to release the mastermind of the slaying of Police Officer Wallie Howard, one of Central New York’s most notorious murders.

U.S. Rep John Katko, Syracuse police Chief Kenton Buckner, former police union president Jeff Piedmonte and Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick expressed similar dismay to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard this morning.

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Katko (R-Camillus), a former federal prosecutor and colleague of Duncan at the time, said that Davidson was responsible for a heinous crime.

“Jaime Davidson was found guilty of orchestrating the brutal murder of Wallie Howard, a decorated Central New York police officer,” Katko said. “I completely disagree with the president’s decision to commute the sentence for this heinous crime. Davidson is a criminal who should have served out his life sentence.”