United States District Court Judge James Boasberg denied defense lawyers for January 6 defendant Sara Carpenter time to review previously suppressed Capitol security footage that could potentially contain exculpatory evidence in her case, according to a report by the Gateway Pundit.

Jury selection for Carpenter’s trial begins this week despite her legal defenses’ pleas to the judge.

According to reports, Judge Boasberg conceded that Carpenter’s request for a 60 day continuance to review footage that could possibly exonerate her was “certainly not a frivolous request by any means,” but nevertheless denied it — explaining that the move was necessary to prevent other trials from being impacted.

“Boasberg violated Carpenter’s Constitutional Rights by turning down her request after lead Prosecutor Michael Graves asked the judge to ignore her plea in a ‘Government Response to the Motion.’ Boasberg complied with the prosecution, denied Carpenter’s request and ordered the trial start this week minus the footage,” reported GWP.

“Boasberg’s justification for his unlawful ruling is that delaying trials for Jan. 6 defendants (like Carpenter) to allow time for them to review the new trove of Capitol and police surveillance video released by McCarthy’s office for exculpatory evidence could ‘derail dozens of trials that are set in the next few months.’ Boasberg implied the inconvenience the court will encounter having to wait to get the footage to defendants to review supersedes their Constitutional Right to a fair trial,” the report states.