I am against the practice of pardoning. I don't think that power should exist. But I think this is a situation that albaby was referring to a while back regarding why the power exists.

I would think they could appeal. Especially the guy that wasn't even there. I don't know the case specifics, so I won't make a definitive statement. But, on the surface, this does seem to be outrageous.

And I'm ANTIFA. I am "anti-fascist", which is the definition of that term. But I have never been to a protest, never been to any sort of meeting, never contributed money to antifa.org (mostly because there is no such thing, because it's not an organization). As the quote says, it's just an umbrella term. The closest thing I can do is support the ACLU, which I do (they are mostly anti-fascist, too).

I noted in the other post that they talked about "cells", as if they were Al Qaeda, or the IRA, or the People's Front of Judea (splitters!). But there is no such thing in this case. There are no "cells", contrary to that official government statement.

Not a lawyer, but I would think it would be easy to fight any terror charges given there is no terror organization involved. Because there is no organization. Unlike, say, the fascist Proud Boys, who are an actual organization that holds meetings and coordinates their activities (like storming the Capitol).

Perhaps, after careful review, the next POTUS will pardon these folks (and fire the prosecutors if they engaged in any malfeasance).