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Couldn't those individuals hire their own attorneys to sue on their own to try and get compensation that way? Or would this be the only way they could ever get compensation?
In short, "yes", but it takes money to fight the government....and amounts most of those harmed either don't have, or don't have anymore as it was wiped out defending themselves from a weaponized DOJ.
Trump has/had the power and the pockets to do this, but I don't think many of those J6'ers did. Even some folks who had money and lawyers in the beginning, ended up getting wiped out when targeted.
For me, there are so many facets to this. Examples:
- Don't like the fact we are footing the bill. What other way can people be compensated for the damage done by a corrupt system if the system refuses to hold the guilty personally reliable? I look at this like the city footing the bill for bad actions of a police officer.
- Don't want actual lawbreakers, or violent offenders, in the J6 ranks getting anything, but I also don't trust the system to identify who was actually a bad actor and not just labeled one by a lawless/corrupt group in the DOJ. Especially since our lovely Dems covered their tracks by destroying their evidence on the way out.
- Don't want this money "enriching" anyone but the people that were impacted and want it done so reasonably. Example: If someone had to show up, pay a $5,000 fine, and got 30 days probation, the shouldn't be entitled to $10 million. On the flip-side, if someone got wrongly tagged with criminal charges, spent a year in jail, lost their jobs, wives, family, friends, etc. that $10 million might not be enough..... and in both cases, if the damages be determined to be $10k or $10M, I don't want the law offices of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe getting $7k and $7M of that.
ETA: Would actually like to here some discussion / debate from others as I am open to change my mind if others have sound arguments.
