In public, prosecutors likened the Broadview 6 defendants to Aamon Bundy's armed standoff with Feds. In private, AUSA Matthew Skiba likened them to the Trump Train that almost menaced a Joe Biden campaign bus.
That's not legal precedent. It is far right grievance.
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Over the course of a week, Broadview 6 Matthew Skiba went from presenting as a newbie to claiming the effort of a Trump Train mob to intimidate Joe Biden supporters in 2020 was precedent for the Broad...