I would wager that most people reading this report believe that many of the J6 defendants were given far harsher sentences than they deserved.
We could even argue that quite a few of the people given jail time should have been given probation at worse.
That is especially the case when you see how many of the George Floyd rioters walked away scot-free.
The good news for the J6 defendants is that a recent Supreme Court decision could set them free or significantly reduce their sentences.
Time for Review
Now, I want to be clear… there were definitely people who took things too far on January 6 and who needed to be punished for their actions.
However, from the videos we saw, most of the 1,500 or so people who were charged appeared to be wandering around like tourists.
For instance, a grandmother recently was sentenced to jail who came into the Capitol and said a prayer.
Now, a rather significant case, Thomas Robertson’s case, is coming up for review that could set the bar after the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of obstruction.
Robertson is a former police officer who authorities stated helped rioters avoid the police by using tactics he learned as an officer.
He was originally sentenced to 87 months, but his sentence is now under review, with prosecutors hoping to keep the original sentence intact.
He is one of about 350 defendants who were charged with obstruction before the Supreme Court narrowed the decision.
Now everyone is looking at this case, knowing that if Roberts’ sentence is reduced or nullified, the jail doors are going to be opened for many of the 350 that are already in jail.
And if these people go free, Democrats are going to lose their minds, especially after that speech that Merrick Garland gave last week about making an example out of every one of these defendants.
