I'm sure that you're going to love the House Select Committee on the 1/6 insurrection.
I know I am.
Do you think they will finally charge someone with insurrection?
I mean if there was an insurrection and all should they charge someone with insurrection?
Why? We have laws against trespassing, vandalism, conspiracy, murder.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An Alabama man was arrested Thursday and charged with crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Jonathan Walden, 46, of Birmingham, is charged w…
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"Birmingham man charged with conspiracy, aiding and abetting related to Capitol insurrection"
The Justice Department charged six more members of a far-right militia group for allegedly plotting ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. At least three others were already charged from the group.
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"The Justice Department charged six more people Friday it says are members of a right-wing militia group that plotted in advance of Jan. 6 to attack the U.S. Capitol.
The indictment offers the most sweeping evidence so far that members of the far-right extremist group known as the Oath Keepers had spent months allegedly planning to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's victory in a bid to keep former President Donald Trump in power."
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has charged a US Capitol riot suspect with assaulting a cameraman during the January 6 attack, saying the Illinois man is the first insurrection defendant to be arrested for allegedly harming a member of the media.
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"Shane Jason Woods, 43, has been charged with a number of federal offenses, including assault on a law enforcement officer, assault in special maritime and territorial jurisdiction, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, according to a statement from the department."
People get charged for the specific crime that they have committed. The US isn't a third world dictatorship, that has vague laws and imprisons people for being an "enemy of the state". If you break a window, you get charged with vandalism. If you trespass, you get charged with trespassing. If you assault a police officer, you get charged with assault on a law enforcement officer.