Woke Judge Who Apologized To Wannabe Trump Assassin Has A Radical Leftist Record

The judge who apologized to the gunman accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner released a man who attacked a member of Congress and has “devoted” his career to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. 

Public backlash is now intensifying against Judge Zia Faruqui who grilled jail officials on Monday over the conditions Cole Allen, the suspect, has faced behind bars.

“I’m sorry,” Faruqui told Allen, who was reportedly held in solitary confinement. “Whatever you’ve been through, I apologize for the prior week,” The Daily Wire previously reported. 

Jail officials placed Allen on a temporary suicide watch that required 24-hour-a-day placement in a padded cell. The judge complained that those measures were punitive and not based on a medical assessment. 

“Welcome to Washington, DC, where U.S. Magistrate Judge Faruqui believes a defendant armed to the teeth and attempting to assassinate the president is entitled to preferential treatment in his confinement compared to every other defendant,” Pirro posted on social media. 

Welcome to Washington, DC, where U.S. Magistrate Judge Faruqui believes a defendant armed to the teeth and attempting to assassinate the president is entitled to preferential treatment in his confinement compared to every other defendant. https://t.co/EPtqJgXjnb

— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) May 4, 2026

“Will Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui be visiting the WHCA shooter in jail to offer him a cold beverage?” Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) asked on X. 

Faruqui’s conduct on the bench has sparked intense outrage and is now prompting some elected officials to scrutinize his judicial record.

“This is the same judge who tried to release the man who beat up Congresswoman Angie Craig despite 25 bench warrants,” Senator Tim Sheehy said on social media. “Judge Faruqui should be in jail, not on the bench.”

This is the same judge who tried to release the man who beat up Congresswoman Angie Craig despite 25 bench warrants. Judge Faruqui should be in jail, not on the bench. https://t.co/gKVMnfWaNS pic.twitter.com/EgIHHhYO1a

— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) May 5, 2026

In 2023, Faruqui, against the wishes of prosecutors, ordered the release of a man accused of assaulting Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) in her Washington, D.C., apartment elevator. 

Kendrick Hamlin allegedly punched Craig in the chin and grabbed her by the shoulder in an early morning attack. The Democratic congresswoman escaped after pouring hot coffee on the suspect, according to the New York Post. 

“To say this is a close call is not doing it justice. This is an extremely close call,” Faruqui said at the time. 

Faruqui, who has also presided over January 6 cases, bemoaned that the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect was being held under harsher conditions and treated more severely than those defendants, who were housed in a lower-security section of the jail known as the Central Treatment Facility.

“A lot of people have seemed to forget about Jan. 6, but I have not,” Faruqui said, according to CNBC. “Pardons erase convictions but do not erase history.”

Couy Griffin, a former New Mexico county commissioner who founded the political group “Cowboys for Trump,” was sentenced to 14 days behind bars for a misdemeanor trespass charge. Griffin entered a restricted area on January 6, 2021, but never entered the Capitol, according to NBC News. 

“This same judge fought to keep me locked up in solitary confinement on a misdemeanor trespass charge where I stood peacefully OUTSIDE The Capitol,” Griffin said of Judge Faruqui.

“He is evil!” Griffin said in another social media post. “I was sentenced to two weeks yet spent three weeks in solitary confinement. All because of him!!”

Before becoming a magistrate judge, Faruqui served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2008 to 2020, according to his public LinkedIn profile. He earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from Georgetown University. The Georgetown Pakistan Public Policy Conclave and the Muslim Bar Association of New York have pages highlighting Faruqui’s career. 

“As the first Muslim Judge to be appointed to the Federal Court in Washington D.C., Judge Faruqui has also devoted much of his career to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts,” reads a letter from the Washington Council of Lawyers supporting his nomination to the District Court of Columbia. 

The 2023 letter states that Judge Faruqui has “led efforts to reform the criminal justice system.”

Monday’s hearing is not the first time Faruqui has tussled with the Department of Justice. Seven months ago, he claimed the DOJ had lost credibility under the Trump administration, which provoked a fiery response from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. 

“Judge Faruqui has never really met someone with an illegal gun that he hasn’t felt some compassion for,” Pirro said at the time. “He should do his job as a judge and leave his politics out of it.”

Authorities say Cole Thomas Allen, 31, was armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives when he charged through a security checkpoint inside the Washington Hilton Hotel, where the WHCD was being held.

One floor above the ballroom packed with government officials and reporters, Allen discharged one of his weapons, striking a Secret Service agent before falling to the ground.

If convicted, he faces life in prison.