My first thought. While I agree with the sentiment, and I’d have prepared nooses for the insurrectionists, this is not that.
Almost none were charged with sedition, guess the prosecutors didn’t feel they could make it stick, and that’s 20-years max.
attempted kidnapping of a federal official
Kidnapping is taken very damned seriously in the US, automatically an FBI concern, and they will come down like devils. Probably an extra hit for attacking a fed.
he broke into the home of a public official, an unprecedented act in the history of the country
That seems hard to believe, but I don’t know of a precedent.
Cherry on top, his lawyers allowed him on the stand?! Am I reading that right? All he did was further incriminate himself. Hell, he might have slid on the kidnapping part if he shut the fuck up.