vexingsilence t1_j645psc wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:15 PM

I'd love to know how much the FBI spent to go after people like this, whom they could only charge with what amounts to trespassing. Meanwhile, the politicians themselves are frequently involved in illegal shit and the FBI tends to be completely useless in those cases.

warren_stupidity t1_j646ib8 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Yeah, who cares about attempting to overthrow the government.

vexingsilence t1_j648v8l wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:35 PM

Not a single one of those charges is an attempt to overthrow the government. They're all basically trespassing using different words.

ZacPetkanas t1_j64j5qr wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:39 PM

You'd think with such a clear-cut example of this being an insurrection that someone would catch an insurrection charge.

warren_stupidity t1_j65i4pb wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:19 PM

The oaf creepers got hit pretty hard. A lot of people had no clue what they were getting into, so I agree with serious, as in felony, but lesser charges for these idiots.