Federal charges being looked into for Rittenhouse...

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44. I've thoroughly defended my position.

And I've got four decades of experience as an attorney, with two Supreme Court cases under my belt. I've explained how there are no federal statutes that provide any basis for prosecuting Rittenhouse, citing the relevant provisions of the law (e.g., 18 USC 242). No one -- not you, Tribe, Katyal, Chemerinsky, or Vladeck or anyone else -- has cited anything in the US Code that could support a criminal prosecution of Rittenhouse by DOJ. And no one has cited any constitutional provision violated by the Wisconsin statutes relevant to Rittenhouse's trial.

So please educate me: if there are "major" federal legal issues surrounding this case, what are they, specifically?

Yes, there has been a call by on DOJ to see if there is anything. That's what one would expect Nadler to do. And I fully expect that when nothing comes of that request, folks will, without describing any legal basis for DOJ to act, blame Garland.


On Edit: Tribe's tweet about the verdict in which he suggests a civil action should be brought, and says nothing about a federal prosecution. "Even though he was found not guilty of all charges, what Rittenhouse did should be seen as clearly, horribly, tragically wrong." And he should be held civilly culpable, the way OJ Simpson was. Not to extract lots of money from him but to send a message."