The dudes already in trouble. Like yea he may not be convicted but thats besides the point. The charged individual now has to pay for lawyers to argue this, spend his time in court rather than working if he is employeed, deal with the emotional toll of being federally charged with something and the fear of fines and prison, and god knows what else from dealing with this. I wouldnt doubt some red hat enthusiast is gonna threaten him every day from now until the day he dies.

It is about scaring people into compliance not the outcome of the trial.