handing down

In handing down a harsher sentence, Anderson referred to Moore as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

Mr Grindal, who has two sons, aged 17 and 19, said he could be hit twice by the changes – on handing down the family farm, and if landowners sell off the land he rents.

Some were passed along by longtime Angelenos with the solemnity of handing down a family heirloom.

"The court hopes that there will be some closure for at least some of you," he said, while handing down his sentence.

The Court’s slow pace in handing down its decision is already largely responsible for delaying for more than 200 days the federal criminal trial of Donald Trump for alleged January 6-related crimes.