Most J6 trials were a joke. Here’s an analogy. You’re outside a bank protesting fees. Peacefully. A couple people decide to force their way inside the bank and rob it. At your trial, the prosecution is allowed to show video of the robbery, painting you as a co-conspirator in the robbery, but the judge won’t allow your attorneys to present video evidence that clearly shows you played no part in the bank robbery. You walked inside the bank once the doors were opened (the security guard literally held the door open for you) but turned around and went back outside. The prosecution asks for a 20-year sentence. You’re in jail for 3 years, much of that time in solitary confinement. Horrible conditions. You deplete your life’s savings. You accept a plea deal. Plead guilty to a misdemeanor to make it go away and get your life back. The government has unlimited resources. You don’t. Nearly all J6’ers were treated like the world’s worst terrorists. Most were just peaceful protestors.