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no_hypocrisy

(55,458 posts) Tue May 26, 2026, 07:01 AM 18 hrs ago

Query: Were the J-6ers prosecuted in federal court b/c the District of Columbia

doesn't have jurisdiction of its own or was it because it was assumed that Trump would never get near the White House again to pardon them?

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Query: Were the J-6ers prosecuted in federal court b/c the District of Columbia (Original Post) no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago OP

They were prosecuted in federal court because they committed federal crimes. lastlib 17 hrs ago #1

The Capitol is federal property Fiendish Thingy 16 hrs ago #2

lastlib

(28,682 posts)

1. They were prosecuted in federal court because they committed federal crimes.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 07:50 AM

17 hrs ago

vandalizing federal property; asaulting federal officers; obstructing federal government proceedings; seditious conspiracy.....

Fiendish Thingy

(24,178 posts)

2. The Capitol is federal property

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 08:34 AM

16 hrs ago

Hence, they were federal crimes requiring federal prosecution.

Simple as that.

The conspiracies that occurred offsite in , say, Virginia, were nevertheless federal crimes requiring federal prosecution as well.

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