Reframing January 6th: After the Pardons, the Purge

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I'm absolutely opposed to blanket pardons for everyone involved in the Capitol riot. Obviously the violent rioters deserved significant jail time.

   OTOH, the (sole) defense lawyer quoted in the piece was right: many people were dramatically overcharged (though I have no idea whether it was "90%"). Also: it is pretty obvious that they wouldn't receive fair trials in deep-blue DC (where fewer than 10% voted for Trump). That point is treated derisively by the authors.

   Of course we only hear one side of the story from NYT.

   However, again: pardoning the genuinely violent rioters is/was inexcusable.

   As for whether firing prosecutors was justified: we're not given the information in this story that we'd need to make such a determination. I'm sure some deserved it. I supposed I'd bet that most didn't.

   Then there's the fact that violent BLM/Antifa rioters were not arrested--and most who were arrested were release. Democrat elected officials helped raise money to bail out the few who needed it And those riots were far more destructive than the Capitol riot.

   Anyway.

   I would pay a lot of money to read a fair and accurate account of these prosecutions. And I'm more than willing to change my mind about it all.