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Federal Judges Have Shown Leniency in Nearly All Jan. 6 Cases
(theintercept.com)
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Regardless of how granular you want to go with the argument or how fair you think the issuing of these sentences was, it's still baffling how you can get more time for literal drug possession or even texting a minor without going so far as assault, than trying to disrupt government proceedings in the hopes of interfering in an election. That's my whole point. This is some serious stuff. It's baffling that you want to hand-wave the event like they were browsing the galleries at the local art museum. You really don't need to do all that. I'm well aware that there were some passive participants. But the bottom line is that were groups planning it on Telegram and other social circles beforehand and they all willingly and consciously participated. It was premeditated and coordinated and in cahoots with some government officials who are still actively serving. Nobody was lost in Jan 6th or took the wrong bus and walked nosily along. A slap on the wrist is all you get for trying to stop a fair election because you didn't like the results. What a precedent, it's insane.