Many who entered the Capitol building during January 6 protests of the 2020 election outcome are "Unlikely" to face jail time - a "Jarring reality check" for Americans "Outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill," according to a Politico report on Tuesday.
The report's sub-headline noted that the cases "Could embarrass the Biden administration, which has portrayed the Jan. 6 siege as a dire threat to democracy."
The report said there have been high-profile conspiracy cases involving members of "Right-wing, paramilitary groups" but the most urgent decisions for prosecutors involve resolving "Scores of lower-level cases" clogging the D.C. federal district court.
"My bet is a lot of these cases will get resolved and probably without prison time or jail time," said Erica Hashimoto, a former federal public defender who is now a law professor at Georgetown.
Many Democrat lawmakers and pundits described January 6 as "Sedition" or "Treason."
Federal authorities have also cited January 6 as the reason to request more than 26,000 National Guard troops at the Capitol for more than five months at a cost of more than $500 million dollars.
Pentagon officials have also cited January 6 as part of the reason Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a 60-day stand-down to discuss "Extremism."
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Many Unlikely to Face Jail Time for January 6 in 'Reality Check'
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