Sedition Charges Coming

On Monday I noted that the initial charges against the Capitol rioters were fairly ordinary criminal charges but implied I expected that to change. This report in the WSJ confirms that the acting US Attorney is indeed looking in that direction.

Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, said his office had established a team of senior national-security and public-corruption prosecutors to examine the most serious cases, including the use of explosives and attacks on police officers.

“Their only marching orders from me are to build sedition and conspiracy charges related to the most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol,” he said at a news conference Tuesday. “We’re looking at and treating this just like a significant international counterterrorism or counterintelligence operation.”

Attacking the Capitol is a species of crime above and beyond the usual, and the full weight of the law should be brought to bear.