CNN’s Elie Honig Calls January 6 Prison Sentences ‘Severe’ But ‘Reasonable’: DOJ Has Been ‘Undercharging,’ Going Easy on Defendants

(Via Mediaite)

EXCERPT:

HONIG: “I think the sentences thus far have been reasonable. I think the sentences have been severe, not over the top. But when you’re talking about people who were charged, tried, and convicted of seditious conspiracy, not surprising to me to see sentences in the mid-teens. It is worth noting, though, DoJ has taken heat from multiple federal judges for undercharging and being too light on some of the other players. Not Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, but, remember, 1,100-plus defendants, a handful of them have been Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. But various judges have called out DoJ for being— and I quote the judges here— schizophrenic, baffling for basically going too light on some of these folks, giving them misdemeanor pleas, giving them probation.”