There is more than a little evidence to support that.
Which may also explain why the FBI and the DoJ have declined to charge anyone (and Donald Trump in particular) with insurrection. Proving a charge of insurrection in court would invite some very unpleasant and potentially explosive discovery. Even the number of protesters charged with …
There is more than a little evidence to support that.
Which may also explain why the FBI and the DoJ have declined to charge anyone (and Donald Trump in particular) with insurrection. Proving a charge of insurrection in court would invite some very unpleasant and potentially explosive discovery. Even the number of protesters charged with seditious conspiracy has been an unusually small number relative to the number of people arrested.
This much is clear. J6 was no insurrection. It arguably was a riot, but no one has been charged under federal riot statutes, so even that interpretation is legally open to challenge (no charge means no crime, no crime means no riot, no riot means no insurrection).
There is more than a little evidence to support that.
Which may also explain why the FBI and the DoJ have declined to charge anyone (and Donald Trump in particular) with insurrection. Proving a charge of insurrection in court would invite some very unpleasant and potentially explosive discovery. Even the number of protesters charged with seditious conspiracy has been an unusually small number relative to the number of people arrested.
This much is clear. J6 was no insurrection. It arguably was a riot, but no one has been charged under federal riot statutes, so even that interpretation is legally open to challenge (no charge means no crime, no crime means no riot, no riot means no insurrection).