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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Americans have no faith in DOJ because it's been hopelessly biased for years.  Not sure what the point of this thread is, but it's not changing the pattern of DOJ's behavior.

If you'd like an example, DOJ asked for an 18-24 month sentence for terrorists who firebombed a police car and [b]much longer sentences for protestors based on an incorrect reading of the law[/b].  Heck, DOJ even prosecuted an anon on the internet for a meme under a case so bad the DOJ literally lacked evidence that the anon participated in a conspiracy.[/quote]

If you're referring to the J6ers, that wasn't bias.  That was just the fact that we don't have harsh enough laws on the books for insurrection, since it is such a rare occurrence.  The problem there wasn't with DOJ.

It was the J6ers.[/quote]

You ignore the fact the DOJ misapplied the law.  Of course, they did so against J6 because they were biased and did not feel compelled to follow the law.  You're acknowledging the problem.  Thanks. [/quote]

That’s not really what happened.  The DOJ used an expansive (and indeed, novel) reading of 18 U.S.C. 1512 to prosecute some J6ers.  The lower courts approved that expansive reading.  SCOTUS reversed in a 6-3 decision.

You seem to imply that DOJ knew its reading was wrong from the beginning.  I’m not sure why you think that.  The history in the lower courts (and at the Supreme Court where the decision was not along political lines) shows that reasonable minds could have differed about the applicability of the statute to the conduct at issue.[/quote]DOJ was still moving forward on new cases knowing the Supreme Court might overturn.[/quote]

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