"Prosecutors are only asking each misdemeanor rioter to pay a paltry $500 to fix damages to the US Capitol, even though tens of millions of dollars were spent on repairs and security in the wake of the insurrection."
https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1453840960555823120
"Prosecutors have used scorching language to condemn the attack on democracy, while simultaneously letting nonviolent rioters plead guilty to a petty misdemeanor and recommending probation in many cases."
"No wonder parts of this public are confused about whether what happened on Jan 6 at the Capitol was simply a petty offense of trespassing, with some disorderliness, or was shocking criminal conduct that posed a grave threat to our democratic norms."
"After rioters committed the 'crime of the century,' prosecutors are letting them plead guilty to 'the most minimal of federal charges, a class B misdemeanor petty offense.'"
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