cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/86618
A huge majority of the J6 defendants – possibly 90% – are lower-middle class.
The J6 prosecutions are unique. The government is using COVID as an excuse for the delays in the trials and need to hold men in prison for two years.
A vast majority of charges against the Trump supporters are trespassing charges for standing outside or walking into the US Capitol. More than 2/3’s of those charged.
The government is charging a majority of Trump supporters with 1512.2c charges – a felony – something that has never happened before. That’s a felony up to 20 years in prison.
The 1512.2c charge the government is applying to all of the Trump supporters is more serious than assaulting a law enforcement official.