On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:39:11 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Pro–Donald Trump rioters could face serious penalties for subverting the
presidential election process.

More than 60 people were arrested on Wednesday after rioters breached
the Capitol, assaulted officers, and stole items, including government
laptops, law enforcement said on Thursday. Additionally, the stolen
laptops may have contained "sensitive national security information,"
CBS News reported.

Michael Sherwin, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told
reporters on Thursday that prosecutors filed 55 cases, 15 of which
involve federal crimes, related to the riots—with more to come. The
charges range from unlawful entry to possessing firearms and Molotov
cocktails.

One adult male repeatedly punched an officer in the chest inside the
Capitol, according to charges filed on Thursday. Another was accused of
carrying a pistol.

The Justice Department has also opened a "federal murder case" involving
the death of a police officer, NPR reported Thursday evening.

Several others were arraigned on Thursday at the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia for unlawful entry into the Capitol and violating
curfew, relatively minor charges. They were released from custody and
ordered to stay out of Washington, D.C., unless they were also involved
in the criminal cases.

For the more serious cases, seditious conspiracy, rioting, and
insurrection charges “are on the table,” Sherwin said.

Rioters with felony charges like unlawfully and violently entering the
House floor could face five years of prison, said Stanford University
law professor David Sklansky. Meanwhile, assaulting a federal officer
with a weapon could mean 20 years of incarceration, particularly if the
officer was injured, he added.

Because the Capitol siege seemed to be intended to interfere with
Electoral College vote counting, the prison sentence could rise to 20
years, Sklansky explained.

“Breaking into the nation’s Capitol to disrupt the business of Congress
on a particularly critical day of American democracy is a pretty serious
violation,” Sklansky said. “It’s hard to see the vandalizing of a
monument as worse than breaking into the Capitol, disrupting members of
Congress, and preventing the government from formalizing the results of
a presidential election.”

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I hope these "Proud Boys" of Trump are tried and convicted of serious
federal and local charges, and are sentenced to long terms in prison.
Anyone has the right to demonstrate on the grounds of the Capitol, carry
obnoxious signs, shout, scream, and sing, and otherwise make their
presence known in non-violent ways, but that right stops when you invade
the Capitol buildings, threaten elected officials, assault workers, and
injure a cop who later dies.

Maybe Trump will pardon all his "Proud Boys."

Those who broke the law should suffer the consequences. Finally some agreement.

I notice Donnie didn't agree with your post. You reckon he's for letting them
off the hook as your heroine, Kamala, did with the ones in LA?
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Freedom Isn't Free!