The trial has become something of a test of what happens when certain far-out strains of digital-age American radicalism collide with the criminal justice system.
Hypothetical: A carjacker takes a car while the owners are still in it. The owners happen to be the Pelosis. That would not be chargeable as “kidnapping of a US official,” with that intent to interfere with official duties; the carjacker was not targeting the Pelosis because of their relationship to government.
In this case, the Pelosis were clearly the targets because of Nancy Pelosi’s status as an elected official, and her purported involvment in some corruption in government.
Hypothetical: A carjacker takes a car while the owners are still in it. The owners happen to be the Pelosis. That would not be chargeable as “kidnapping of a US official,” with that intent to interfere with official duties; the carjacker was not targeting the Pelosis because of their relationship to government.
In this case, the Pelosis were clearly the targets because of Nancy Pelosi’s status as an elected official, and her purported involvment in some corruption in government.
Agreed. Good explanations.