However, I suspect Trump's goal wasn't imprisoning Scott Warren specifically, but rather menacing any potential future Warrens, to ensure that basic human decency toward a dehumanized group carries implicit threat of retribution.
You'll face court time and the real possibility of jail time. You'll lose a year of your life fighting it—at best
They're meant to die. It's strategic and deliberate.
There have in the past been governments who menaced and prosecuted people who attempted to thwart their attempts to kill a hated minority.
We know their names.
But I think the main thing was delivering a message about how human decency will be viewed in their regime.
Mission accomplished.
We've seen this script before.
They want what they want; they are what they are.
What risk will I take to defy a government that pursues genocide?
The heroes of history aren't heroes because they kept safe or quiet—nor are the heroes of today.
He'll be resented by comfortable people—people like me and you—who see the challenge his example forces them to confront, but would rather ignore it.