Judge Reggie Walton Biography
Judge Reggie Walton (born – Reggie Barnett Walton) is an American Lawyer (Attorney) well-known for serving the US District Court for the Columbia District as a senior district judge. He has worked for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as a presiding judge.
Judge Reggie Walton Age
Walton was born on February 8, 1949, in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States. He is therefore 74 years old as of 2023. He celebrates his birthday on the 8th of February every year.
Judge Reggie Walton Height
Walton stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8 inches.
Judge Reggie Walton Family
Walton was born to his loving parents, whose names are unknown. His father worked 2 jobs in the steel town of Donora, Pennsylvania. There is no information regarding whether Walton has any siblings or not.
Judge Reggie Walton Wife
Walton is married to his lovely spouse, whose names are under review. The couple takes great pride in being dad and mom to their one daughter, whose names are also under review.
Judge Reggie Walton Net Worth
Walton has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a Lawyer (Attorney).
Judge Reggie Walton Education
Walton is a proud 1971 alumnus of West Virginia State College, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He attended the university on a football scholarship. Walton is also a 1974 alumnus of Washington College of Law at American University, where he earned a Juris Doctor Degree. He is actively involved in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Judge Reggie Walton Career
Walton’s career includes different jobs at many law firms. From 1981 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 2001, Walton worked as a Judge at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He also had a job as a deputy leader at the Office of National Drug Control Policy. In the year 2001, Pres. George W. Bush chose him to work as a judge in the federal court. He was agreed upon by the US Senate on September 21, 2001.
He officially started his job on September 24, 2001. In the year 2004, George W. Bush picked him to lead the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. This group looked into how to stop prison rape. In May 2007, Chief Justice of the US John Roberts said he should be in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He finished his time in that court on May 18, 2014. He started his senior status on December 31, 2015.
While working in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Walton showed strong worry about the NSA not following court orders about privacy. He said the NSA broke the rules and misunderstood them. The Washington Post said that other judges and lawyers who dealt with him noticed he wasn’t guided by politics, but he focused on being tough on crime. People who defend others in court locally think of him as a judge who gives harsh sentences to prevent future crimes.
In the fall of the year 2005, while driving with his wife and daughter to the airport for a vacation, he saw someone attacking a taxi driver on the road. Walton stepped in, stopped the attacker, and held him until the police came. A police spokesperson said, “We’re thankful for Judge Walton. I wouldn’t want to mess with him.” He was the judge in charge of Mohammon v. Bush, a group of legal requests made on behalf of Guantanamo detainees.
Judge Reggie Walton US v. Libby
Walton was also in charge of the trial for Scooter Libby, who used to work as Vice President Dick Cheney’s main assistant. On March 6, 2007, the jury found Libby guilty of four out of 5 charges: two counts of lying under oath, one of trying to stop justice, and one of giving false information to government investigators.
On June 5, 2007, Walton gave Libby a punishment of 30 months in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. He also said Libby had to go to jail right away, even if he appealed the decision. On June 20, 2007, Libby disagreed with Walton’s choice and asked the federal appeals court to look at it. The next day, Walton wrote a longer explanation, about 30 pages, to talk more about why he didn’t let Libby stay out of jail while he waited for the appeal.
Judge Reggie Walton Whitewater
On October 4, 2016, Walton said no to making public the drafts of criminal charges against Hillary Clinton that were made but never used during the Whitewater investigation in the 1990s. He decided that Clinton had a big right to keep her personal matters private. This was part of his decision when he turned down a lawsuit from Judicial Watch that asked for those drafts.
Judge Reggie Walton Rocket Propellant Case
Walton was the main judge in a case between the National Association of Rocketry and Tripoli Rocketry Association, Inc. against the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. This case went on for a while. The 2 big groups that love rockets were arguing against putting certain kinds of solid rocket fuel on a list of “explosives” that the ATF controls. On March 16, 2009, Walton said the rocketry groups were right and decided in their favor.
Judge Reggie Walton Mueller Report
On August 5, 2019, Politico said that when listening to discussions about lawsuits from BuzzFeed and the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, Walton talked about the 1,000 hidden things in the report made by Robert Mueller, who used to be a special investigator. Walton showed that he might look at the hidden parts to decide if they should be shown to everyone.
On March 5, 2020, Walton talked about the things Attorney General William Barr said to the public about the Mueller report. He said Barr’s words were not accurate and were meant to give the wrong idea. Walton also said that Barr’s explanations for the parts the Department of Justice (DOJ) had hidden in the report couldn’t be trusted. He told the DOJ to give the full report, without any hidden parts, to the Court so they could check it privately.
On October 6, 2020, Pres. Donald Trump talked about the Mueller report on Twitter. He said he gave permission to release all the papers about what he called the biggest political crime in American history, the Russia Hoax. After the President’s words, BuzzFeed asked for the complete report without anything hidden. But the Department of Justice (DOJ) said no to BuzzFeed’s request for the whole report.
Judge Reggie Walton Guantanamo Petitions
On August 21, 2009, Reuters said that Walton made a decision about “hearsay evidence” that affected all the Guantanamo detainees’ requests in front of him. The Department of Justice (DOJ) showed a lot of evidence in the requests, but it was all “hearsay evidence.”
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