What happens when or if the DOJ indicts sitting members of the House and Senate?

[Samrob]

If none of these insurrectionists are indicted, we are a nation without laws or laws that more and more people will not obey or enforce.

[ColinC]

1. It's happened before. It was something that helped Dems win handily in 2006

[Ocelot II]

2. Many Congresspeople and Senators have been indicted and convicted of various crimes,

mostly financial (bribery is a big one). It has happened in every administration to politicians from both parties, too many to mention here, but listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes What happened to them depended on the crimes they were accused and convicted of.

[Emile]

5. Interesting how many have been convicted!

Lot of crooks in politics.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Which is the White House MUST remain in Democratic Party hands.

STRESS that fact! The POTUS nominates worthy candidates to run the vital departments of Government. The Justice Department is ever MORE IMPORTANT right now in history to hold accountable those, including the TDFG and members of both Houses, who plotted and took part in the attempted overthrow of this Government.

Examples must be made of those who violated the law as well as their oaths to uphold and defend the US Constitution.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Historically, they usually resign under threat of expulsion

But, you know, we are in unprecedented times, so who knows what would happen.

[Ocelot II]

7. The GOP seem to consider criminal behavior to be more of a feature than a bug.

They'd only expel one of their own if he was convicted of helping a woman in Texas get an abortion.

[Firestorm49]

6. From what I've read on DU, Smith & Co. are working on investigating Congressional

members involved in the insurrection. And only too soon, if and only if it’s followed through with consequences - real consequences.

I’m relatively confident that rebellion by those with their penises in their gun barrels has been or will be anticipated to some degree by our intel already. I’m also willing to accept that reality with the thought that our three initial agencies already have the desire to bring it to an end as quickly as possible. We may have some civil unrest before this mess comes to an end.

I hope that I’m not living in a bubble by thinking that America will never become a fascist state, as 60% of countries in the world are under fascist or authoritarian rule. We the people need to become much more vocal than we’ve been. You know, the squeaky wheel adage.

[GreenWave]

8. What happens?

Mirth and merriment* will bust out in my abode. (*Redundant but considering the lengthy delay, worth it.)

[gab13by13]

9. I thought for a minute this may be The Onion

Indict sitting members of Congress? Would that not be a partisan attack by DOJ?

The #1 person who could possibly be indicted is Scott Perry, who is under investigation by the FBI who seized his phone. Perry went on This Week with George Stephanopoulos and George asked him if he would recuse himself from the new Church-style committee that is going to investigate the investigators. Perry just laughed George off, of course he wants on that committee.

Get on Congress and get immunity is more likely than getting indicted.

[Ocelot II]

10. Sitting members of Congress have been indicted, convicted and sent to prison

many times, in many administrations and from both parties since almost the beginning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes There's no reason to suppose it won't happen again.

[jalan48]

11. Civil unrest and better to kick the can down the road.