Justice Department, FBI debate not charging some of the Capitol rioters

By artappraiser on Sat, 01/23/2021 - 5:15pm |

Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the Capitol — a loaded proposition but one alert to practical concerns that hundreds of such cases could swamp courthouses. https://t.co/Ap3aG2hZlg
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) January 23, 2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/doj-capitol-rioters-charges-debate/2021/01/23/3b0cf112-5d97-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html

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found via comment by Yglesias:

I think we’ve seen that the threat of arrest and prosecution has been very effective at dissipating this problem and we should see it through — the punishments shouldn’t be cruel or harsh, but no impunity. https://t.co/6Jsm9bSn24
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/23/2021 - 5:17pm

JUST IN: Chief judge of DC dist court blocks release of Eric Munchel, photographed in Senate gallery during Capitol riot carrying zip-tie cuffs and taser. On Friday, a magistrate judge in Nashville OK'd Munchel being sent home on GPS monitoring. Earlier: https://t.co/k29ZPuixjr
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 24, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/25/2021 - 1:44am

US Justice Dept *will* bring sedition charges (20 year felonies) in US Capitol insurrection. "We are working on those cases. They will bear fruit very soon"
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 11:47pm

Justice Department, FBI debate not charging some of the Capitol rioters

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