Thread by @gauravsabnis

1/6/21 will end up being the most prosecuted mob in human history. Maybe the single largest criminal event in history in terms of convictions too.

The federal government might be great at a lot of stuff like wars and budget management but criminal prosecutions, especially of terrorists, they are good at. Not gonna be like Florida where friendly juries and tepid prosecutors let such criminals get away.

Remember, the most violent well connected drug lords are afraid of one thing the most - getting arrested by the US federal government. Cos that's usually a one way ticket. The federal govt doesn't arrest as indiscriminately as state cops. But when it does, few guilty escape.

That's because the federal government rarely arrests innocents, at least domestically. That's why so many federal cases get pleaded out or end up with cooperating witnesses. Here, there isn't even a question of guilt. These terrorists did it on camera, most maskless in a pandemic

And in a delicious twist of irony, a Trump executive order nails them to 10 years for defacing federal monuments (with an eye on BLM). And you know which monument is the most monumental of them all?

This executive order was written targeting BLM and Antifa but see where it will be most applied 😁😁
whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

This tweet of mine was about a stunt in the plane the night before the attacks, which was clearly terrorists announcing their disregard for law. The kind of person who pulls this stunt is the one who would vandalize the Capitol. Wonder if they got away.

https://twitter.com/gauravsabnis/status/1346688243090288640?s=19

I doubt more than a few committed terrorists stormed the Capitol prepared to go to federal prison. The arrest videos seem to indicate an astoundingly privileged level of belief that they were doing nothing wrong and would just walk away heroes. Maybe pay a small fine.

Ugh, this was supposed to be "might not be great"