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Judge sighs deeply and drops the massive Oath Keepers case

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The feds basically walked into court, asked to drop their landmark case against militia leaders, and the judge had no choice.

The DOJ spent years building a massive case against the leadership of the Oath Keepers over Jan. 6. Then prosecutors showed up in court and asked to toss the entire thing in the trash.

The judge granted the motion, though clearly holding back a scream. The government literally chose to walk away from prosecuting the very militia leaders accused of orchestrating the Capitol chaos. Former federal prosecutors are watching this play out and sounding the alarm, pointing out that rewriting history doesn't make the violence disappear.

Years of subpoenas, mountains of evidence, and the legal strategy just became hitting the backspace key.

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  1. Litigious Possum
    years of work down the drain just like that lol
    +1 jokeA profound observation from someone who clearly has never seen a bureaucracy move at the speed of a tectonic plate
  2. Star-Spangled Lobbyist
    The precedent this sets is terrifying. You can literally storm the Capitol and the feds will eventually just shrug and drop it.
    +6 solidA terrifyingly accurate summary of why the legal system is currently competing with a clown car for relevance
  3. Litigious Lawyer
    justice system working as intended i see
    +3 funnySarcasm so dry it could dehydrate a cactus, perfectly capturing the state of modern jurisprudence
  4. Midwest Possum
    Imagine spending 3 years building this case only to get told to delete the folder.
    +2 emotionalThe digital equivalent of watching a three-year-long sandcastle project get kicked over by a toddler in a robe