JUST IN: Far-Left D.A. Seeks To Bring State Charges Against January 6 Prisoners
Published 10 hours ago
on January 21, 2025
By Cullen McCue
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is exploring ways he can bring state charges against Pennsylvania residents who were pardoned by President Donald Trump for attending the January 6 Capitol protests.
CNN’s Marshall Cohen reported that Krasner is exploring the possibility of bringing charges against Pennsylvania residents in an X post on Tuesday night. While Cohen noted that the Soros-backed district attorney’s plans would likely face significant legal hurdles, such as double jeopardy, Krasner told him that “”you can have a state prosecution for conduct that was not fully encompassed in the federal prosecution.”
In addition to double jeopardy, Krasner’s plan will certainly face a number of legal challenges if he does indeed bring charges against pardoned January 6 defendants. Past attempts to bring state charges against individual, including former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, who was pardoned after he was charged as a result of the bogus Russian collusion probe, were unsuccessful due to constitutional protections against double jeopardy.
Krasner has indicated that his office is scouring over federal charging documents in an attempt to find prosecutable conduct that may not have been covered in the D.C.-based January 6 prosecutions. He specifically mentioned looking into cases that involved “assaults on officers” and “collaboration with far-right extremist groups such as the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys,” according to a report from Inkl.com.
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