As a public defender, I represented a 16yo for whom I had to beg a judge for release (with escorts, in handcuffs) to go to his dad's funeral.

Meanwhile, someone accused of participating in the insurrection may get to go on a bonding retreat in Mexico.

Two. Systems. Of. Justice. https://t.co/rJYTurZD4S

— Eliza Orlins (@elizaorlins) February 1, 2021

As Blavity previously reported, there has been widespread outrage at federal authorities who not only allowed most of the Capitol Building attackers to leave the building and simply go back home but also to be set free on pre-trial release.

One man, who was seen on video carrying weapons and zip-tie handcuffs intending to take members of Congress hostage, was released ahead of his trial.

Another woman, who stole a laptop out of Pelosi's office and was accused of trying to sell it to Russian government agents, has also been released before her trial.

Federal courts have even allowed some of the Capitol Building rioters to get special organic food requests met by jails after asking for approval, shocking many who defend people given no allowances before trial.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is now facing backlash, and scrutiny from congressional Democrats, after announcing that they may not charge everyone who participated in the attack on Congress.

"More recently, reports have emerged that suggest that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is considering whether to charge a large portion of the rioters who breached the Capitol security perimeter. It is critical that all of the perpetrators of this insurrectionist attack be identified, investigated, arrested, charged and subsequently prosecuted," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler wrote in a letter last week to Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson.

"The explicit racist and anti-Semitic tone of the attack on the Capitol is deeply disturbing. The insurrectionists peppered African American officers with racist remarks as some officers were engaged in hand-to-hand confrontations. The events of January 6 were an attack on our democracy and, in effect, our entire country," he added.

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