J6 Prosecutors Brag To Congress About Locking Up Americans
The article discusses the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, focusing on the actions and sentiments of various individuals involved in the legal proceedings against those who participated in the events of that day. It highlights the perspectives of former federal prosecutors like Mike Romano and Sara Levine, both of whom express pride in their roles in securing convictions against the rioters. Romano cites the number of charges and convictions as evidence of holding the rioters accountable, while Levine laments how former President Trump erased their efforts through pardons, feeling heartbroken over the perceived injustice done to the officers and the contry.
The piece also criticizes the heavy-handed approach of the Biden administration’s Department of Justice in pursuing prosecution of capitol attendees. It suggests that this aggressive stance overlooks more notable threats and rights violations, such as denying defendants their Sixth Amendment rights to a speedy trial. The narrative asserts that Democrats are sensitive to how January 6 is characterized, as they fear that deviating from the portrayal of a violent insurrection would undermine their political actions and influence.
Moreover,it argues that many attendees were exercising their First Amendment rights rather than attempting to violently overturn the election,positioning the event as a response to unanswered election concerns. The overarching theme hints at a battle over historical interpretation and memory of the events surrounding January 6, with Democrats aiming to solidify the notion of the election’s legitimacy as part of their political agenda.
As President Donald Trump dismantles the deep state, angry Democrats desperately defend their Jan.6, 2021 Capitol riot narrative but beam with pride that they locked up so many Americans.
Mike Romano, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice (DOJ) Public Integrity Section, testified last week at a hearing rehashing Jan. 6, saying he is “proud” of the prosecutions he handled, that imprisoned people present at the Capitol.
“Thanks to the work of our team, the Justice Department charged more than 1,500 people with crimes and obtained criminal convictions against almost 1,300 people,” Romano said. “We ensured that the rioters would face accountability, no matter how short-lived. Our work created a public record of the crimes committed that day.”
Sometimes prosecutors forget their job is not to see who can secure the most convictions, but to seek justice within the bounds of the law. It is scary to hear a prosecutor brag about the number of charges and convictions he had.
Another disgruntled former DOJ prosecutor, Sara Levine, sobbed bitterly in a lengthy, narcissistic saga about her job, how she was hired, what she did, what it meant to her, and how she was ultimately canned. Levine didn’t cry or even show concern for locking away so many breadwinners in American families and forever blemishing their work history with a federal conviction. She was proud of the work she did at the DOJ and upset that Trump erased her efforts.
“Jan. 20, 2025 the president pardoned almost all of the defendants charged on Jan. 6 and commuted the sentence of every other rioter. I was heartbroken all that effort to pursue justice for the officers and the country was wiped away with a single proclamation,” Levine said.
After J6, former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice spent the next four years hunting down attendees. The FBI interrogated Americans in their homes and upended many lives. Convictions were their marching orders, and they delivered, ignoring more important threats to America.
The prosecutors who dedicated themselves to getting Jan. 6 convictions cannot fathom that they were heavy-handed and unjustly charged too many people. Or that in some cases they violated the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, keeping some people locked up over a year before they went to trial, and jailing people on misdemeanor charges.
That is why Democrats are sensitive about how Jan. 6 is characterized. They need Americans to believe a violent angry mob tried to overturn the election. If it was not, everything they have done in response to Jan. 6 will look awful politically.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Jan. 6 forever changed our nation.
“I can’t think of an event in my lifetime that has been subject to such historic revisionism where new people to this administration are trying to rewrite what happened on Jan 6.,” Durbin said. “Because the event was of such gravity, such historic importance, we can’t let the truth die. We have to come together regularly and tell the truth to the American people.”
Americans were not at the Capitol to stop a peaceful transfer of power, they were exercising their First Amendment right to assemble. Most were peaceful and simply wanted some commonsense election questions answered. Because Democrats were unwilling to work in good faith to investigate election anomalies, Republicans can say J6 was the day the election was stolen.
Democrats want history to believe the dubious 2020 election result was a fully legitimate a mandate for the leftist agenda they tried to implement and will surely attempt again.
Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an award-winning investigative journalist with decades of media experience.
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