MN shooter in custody - BREAKING - details hard to find - Presser at 1130 EDT (maybe)

[Ocelot II]

25. They won't and really can't. The state and federal governments are separate entities.

The feds can't take the case away from the state, and double jeopardy won't attach because of the dual sovereignty rule; because states and the federal government are both sovereign governments, a violation of state and federal law is not the “same offense,” but are instead separate offenses. (BTW, we have Sam Alito to thank for that. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-646_d18e.pdf) So the prosecutions can proceed on these two separate tracks, and even if Krasnov were to pardon Boelter for the federal crimes (which I doubt, since Boelter is in no position to bribe him, which is the purpose of Trump's pardons), the state prosecution, if successful, will stick regardless.