By Brendan Ballou
Mr. Ballou is a former federal prosecutor.
These efforts are particularly urgent now, because of how many of our elected officials have changed their calculus about the attack. Elise Stefanik, a Republican in the House, once said that the rioters should “be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Three years later, she was calling them “hostages,” and she is now the president’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations.
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Mr. Ballou is a former federal prosecutor.
These efforts are particularly urgent now, because of how many of our elected officials have changed their calculus about the attack. Elise Stefanik, a Republican in the House, once said that the rioters should “be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Three years later, she was calling them “hostages,” and she is now the president’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations.
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