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Prosecuting criminals.

That'll only work here if there are reforms to the pardon power while we're at it. Any convictions a Democratic administration manages to obtain will be pardoned the next time a Republican gets in.

That Jan 6th participants were almost uniformly let off the hook is a stain that will continue to haunt us until pardon power is finally reigned in.

Agreed

More than prosecution we need politicians elected who are willing to reform. Even if those reforms reduce their power as well

Both is fine.

Prosecute, and get rid of the loopholes that made it necessary to do so.

"Justice must be seen to be done."

Without consequences for illegal behaviour, there's no incentive for bad actors to not continue acting bad. This, in no small part, explains why we are where we are today - a misplaced attempt to 'move forward' by ignoring illegal actions.

Without holding those who do wrong to account, positive movement will always be dogged or straight-up negated by those who do wrong without facing justice.