Source: New York Post
by Jonathan Turley
“On January 20, 2025, the ‘shock and awe’ campaign of the Justice Department came to an end as President Donald Trump pardoned 1,500 January 6th defendants. Four years ago, the Justice Department set out to send a chilling message to the nation. In an interview with CBS News a year later, Justice Department official Michael Sherwin indicated that they wanted to send a message with the harsh treatment of defendants. Sherwin explained that ‘our office wanted to ensure that there was shock and awe … it worked because we saw through media posts that people were afraid to come back to D.C. because they’re, like, ‘If we go there, we’re gonna get charged.’ … We wanted to take out those individuals that essentially were thumbing their noses at the public for what they did.’ The awe is gone but the shock remains at the Justice Department.” (01/21/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/opinion/how-prosecutors-turned-january-6-rioters-into-martyrs/