It looks like that if you don't actually look at it.
Not a single one of them was arrested and charged for anything that they did. Not one.
They were arrested and charged and found guilty of the actions they took.
They could have stayed home and talked till they were blue in the face about the election being stolen and nothing would have happened.
They could have stayed down at the ellipse, hung out, chanted about the election, and gone to a nearby bar to talk more shit about the election being stolen and nothing would have happened.
And keep in mind, a prosecutor has to present the evidence to a Grand Jury of regular people, and they have to sign off on the charges.
Then the defenses and the prosecution have to agree on who will be in the jury.
And those juries found them guilty of their actions. They were convicted by their fellow citizens.
So, that means that the grand juries have to be "in on it" along with the regular juries. AND the defense attorneys have to be "in on it" to make sure the 'right people' get picked for jury duty.
And there's been 100s of these cases, so all those 100s of grand juries and regular juries would have to be in on it, along with all the defense attorneys.
So, when you take a moment to think about this, it doesn't 'look like it' at all.