{"id":349817,"date":"2021-03-30T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=349817"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:30:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:30:54","slug":"many-arrested-for-january-6-capitol-riot-wont-get-prison-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-arrested-for-january-6-capitol-riot-wont-get-prison-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Arrested For January 6 Capitol Riot Won\u2019t Get Prison Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmany-arrested-for-january-6-capitol-riot-wont-get-prison-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=349817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4509.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Many of the people who were arrested and charged for the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol won\u2019t receive jail time, because despite media and prosecutors insisting the incident was a \u201csiege\u201d or an \u201cinsurrection,\u201d it was not.<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/jan-6-capitol-riot-jail-time-478440\">reported<\/a> that a quarter of those who have been already charged face only misdemeanors, most for trespassing. From Politico:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><em>A POLITICO analysis of the Capitol riot-related cases shows that almost a quarter of the more than 230 defendants formally and publicly charged so far face only misdemeanors. Dozens of those arrested are awaiting formal charges, even as new cases are being unsealed nearly every day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In recent days, judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys have all indicated that they expect few of these \u201cMAGA tourists\u201d to face harsh sentences.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There are two main reasons: Although prosecutors have loaded up their charging documents with language about the existential threat of the insurrection to the republic, the actions of many of the individual rioters often boiled down to trespassing. And judges have wrestled with how aggressively to lump those cases in with those of the more sinister suspects.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Erica Hashimoto, a Georgetown University law professor and former federal public defender, told the outlet that she believes most cases relating to the January 6 riot \u201cwill get resolved and probably without prison time or jail time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the core values of this country is that we can protest if we disagree with our government. Of course, some protests involve criminal acts, but as long as the people who are trying to express their view do not engage in violence, misdemeanors may be more appropriate than felonies,\u201d she said.As Politico noted, the Biden administration faces a challenge when it comes to the riot, as President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland characterized the incident as amounting to a coup. Prior to being inaugurated, Biden said riot \u201cborders on sedition,\u201d while Garland has said it was \u201ca heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin told \u201c60 Minutes\u201d that he was looking to charge some of the rioters with sedition charges.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/capitol-police-jan6-footage-478439\"><br \/><\/a>\u201cI believe the facts do support those charges. And I think that, as we go forward, more facts will support that,\u201d Sherwin told CBS.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Pearce previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prosecutor-says-sedition-charges-possible-in-capitol-riot-cases-trump-may-be-criminally-culpable\">reported<\/a>, Sherwin also said during that interview that former President Donald Trump could face charges related to the January 6 riot. Trump gave a speech that day, telling his supporters to march \u201cover to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the charges against some of the protesters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-judge-criticizes-doj-for-speaking-to-media-amid-ongoing-investigation-into-capitol-riot\">criticized<\/a> Sherwin and anonymous Justice Department officials for discussing the case with the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found it troubling that sources within the Department of Justice were detailing the possibility of additional charges in a pending criminal case and an ongoing criminal investigation,\u201d Mehta said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-capitol-arrests-judge\/u-s-judge-criticizes-prosecutors-over-60-minutes-interview-about-probe-into-capitol-attack-idUSKBN2BF2VJ\">according to Reuters<\/a>. He added: \u201cthis case will not be tried in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the people who were arrested and charged for the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol won\u2019t receive jail time, because despite media and prosecutors insisting the incident &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311380,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4509.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Many Arrested For January 6 Capitol Riot Won\u2019t Get Prison Time","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4509.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Many Arrested For January 6 Capitol Riot Won\u2019t Get Prison Time","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}