Lookup the DC 200 rioters from 2017 inauguration day. none prosecuted on felony II federal charges. none.
Prosecutors had initially charged or arrested 234 people during violent protests on D.C. streets that began before the 2017 inauguration and continued until after it was over. From October 2017 to July 2018 the initial charges against the 234 shrank considerably.Are the feds corrupt? Is the swamp sympathetic with the efforts to destroy Trump? Is there ANY hope of law, order and true justice for those destroying the USA?Six people were acquitted in December 2017 of all riot-related charges, prompting the government to drop all charges against another 129 defendants, to concentrate, they said, on a hard-core group that had planned and carried out the protests.
21 people had pleaded guilty to charges for their conduct that day, including one to felony offenses.
Charges were dropped against another 20 defendants while 20 pleaded guilty to lesser charges, often misdemeanor rioting carrying a fine and community service.
One person, Dane Powell, 32, went to prison. He pleaded guilty to felony rioting and assault on a police officer. He received a four-month prison term.
In July 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss charges against the 38 remaining defendants in this matter.
Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz had tossed out felony charges that each defendant had incited a riot charge, arguing that “no reasonable juror” could find that the prosecution proved the six defendants encouraged others to riot.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit against D.C. police, accusing them of an “unlawful mass roundup,” pepper-spraying nonviolent protesters and holding detainees for hours without food or water or access to bathrooms.