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The pardoned Jan. 6 rioters had a lot of far worse plans that were foiled which could have resulted in more casualties. There was lots of evidence several of them planned to kidnap sitting congressmen and women.

Do you know why they were pardoned and this zine hider got 30 years? Must just be a quirk of the justice system...



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IIRC these were state charges, not federal.

Only chance at the zine-hider seeing actual justice is texas doing a blue flip(hell freezing over).


> Daniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for transporting a box of zines he didn’t even write.

federal


Whoops, not sure where I read they were state charges.


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And what happens when the “investigations” are malicious, politically motivated, and prosecuted by a DoJ that’s been bent to the will of a tinpot dictator, and adjudicated by overtly political actors?


Then you have courts. Still doesn't excuse giving blanket pardons.


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> Gretchen Whitmer

A sitting politician was nearly kidnapped by a group of people who all wanted to torture her, but let's focus on the one FBI agent.




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