One GIANT difference is comparing what people did illegally IN PERSON while on VIDEO TAPE and proving Donald Trump was not only the reason they went to the Capital, but he ordered and coordinated their illegal entry with specific malice and intent to SPECIFICALLY overthrow the government....
The 1st part(meaning convicting those who actually went into the Capital) is easily proven with video evidence and MOST pleading guilty (roughly 465 of the 561 found guilty and sentenced so far). To date, 978 have been charged.
With that said, would you please find me the charges and specific convictions that link the "rioters" to sedition and insurrection, while most importantly, linking them directly to Trump? I only found 2 people(Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, both leaders of Right Wing Militia Groups, neither of which do I see ANY direct link to Trump) Because, I have looked VERY HARD and all I keep finding are: obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds and forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding federal officers.
Again, I am not even in this for the politics part. I DO NOT want him running again and would not lose a second worth of sleep if he were found guilty. I simply think he is so polarizing that, when you hate him as much as those with opposing viewpoints do, you want it to happen SO BADLY your view of the evidence is rather skewed...
Oh and edited to add: Since you brought up "long sentences" the longest so far is only 14 years and that happened because the guy had a very long, habitual record of criminal activity prior to that conviction...
