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That's probably why Holder's people did federal charges. It protects her from state charges (double jeopardy).

You are incorrect on that: the "double jeopardy" clause of the US Constitution does not protect the same individual from being prosecuted by both the federal and state governments on criminal charges arising from the same set of events. The US Supreme Court decided that in a landmark case in the 1950s, so, even though it may seem to be unjust, that's been accepted constitutional law since then.

IIRC, back in the 1990s, some police officer(s) involved in the Rodney King case were acquitted on California charges, but then charged by the feds for civil rights violations.

the "double jeopardy" clause of the US Constitution does not protect the same individual from being prosecuted by both the federal and state governments on criminal charges arising from the same set of events.

True. I'm not going to hunt it down now but I know of a Detroit case where a man came home and found 3 people breaking into his house (for the 3rd time that week). The guy chased them and cornered 1 man in an alley and killed him.

The local judge was very lenient and gave the guy two years with the actual jail time amounting to some 6 months. The feds charged the guy and gave him 15. BTW, both the shooter and the deserving ammo receptacle were black.