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Chuck Darwin<p>For nearly four years, federal prosecutors have tracked, charged and imprisoned hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who <a href="https://c.im/tags/stormed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stormed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Capitol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitol</span></a> on Jan. 6, 2021.</p><p>But what once seemed to be a shock-and-awe campaign of prosecutorial force <br>— one the department has regularly characterized as the largest and most complex investigation in history <br>— appears <br>💥increasingly squeezed by legal challenges and political threats.</p><p>🔸Ongoing court battles threaten to erase or undermine some of the 1,500 cases that have been brought against participants in the riot. </p><p>🔸And prosecutors’ tactical choices are the subject of new scrutiny from appeals courts. </p><p>🔸Those disputes could wind up in another high-stakes confrontation before the Supreme Court.</p><p>⚠️The high court has already gutted the key felony charge that prosecutors have used in hundreds of Jan. 6 cases, <br>leading the Justice Department to drop a slew of its most serious criminal counts. </p><p>And a federal appeals court rejected another tactic prosecutors had used to drive up sentences for Jan. 6 defendants, <br>forcing judges to recalculate prison time in some cases.</p><p>Above all, Trump’s promise to pardon the rioters <br>— even those who assaulted police <br>— looms. </p><p>His own criminal case for seeking to subvert the 2020 election is teetering and would collapse if he retakes the White House.</p><p>In other words, the legacy of accountability for the insurrection that threatened the 2020 transfer of power remains in limbo.<br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/09/27/j</span><span class="invisible">an-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>She once <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stormed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stormed</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Capitol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitol</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Now, she’ll be <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> in November. </p><p>Today, she calls <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/January6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6th</span></a> “the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/worst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worst</span></a> day in our <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/11/jan-6-rioter-voting-for-harris/73838553007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/politi</span><span class="invisible">cs/elections/2024/08/11/jan-6-rioter-voting-for-harris/73838553007/</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CourtOfAppeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOfAppeal</span></a> has <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quashed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quashed</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/appeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appeal</span></a> in the case of a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> man who <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/stormed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stormed</span></a> the gates of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RideauHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RideauHall</span></a> in 2020 &amp; sought an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ArmedConfrontation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedConfrontation</span></a> with the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeMinister</span></a> .<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decision</span></a> dated Thursday says the 6 year sentence handed to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CoreyHurren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoreyHurren</span></a> in March 2021, less a year for the time he spent in custody before his sentencing, was “entirely fit."</p><p><a href="https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/news/man-who-crashed-through-gates-of-rideau-hall-to-threaten-pm-loses-sentence-appeal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lakecountrycalendar.com/news/m</span><span class="invisible">an-who-crashed-through-gates-of-rideau-hall-to-threaten-pm-loses-sentence-appeal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Freedumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedumb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreedomConvoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomConvoy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GoToJail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoToJail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CoupAttempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoupAttempt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OttawaSiege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttawaSiege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StayInJail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StayInJail</span></a></p>