Judges, witnesses in Jan. 6 cases warn of threats to democracy in 2024 elections
In early March, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly looked at 23-year-old Clifford Mackrell, a Jan. 6 defendant from Ohio, and as she sentenced him to 27 months in prison for his role in the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, she read a statement warning about the fragility of democracy. “We have an election coming,” Kollar-Kotelly said.