‘The System Is Broken’: Conservatives Raise Hell Over ‘Big Balls’ Attackers’ Lenient Sentences

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Conservatives raged at the leniency of the sentences meted out to two Maryland teenagers who attacked 19-year-old ex-DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine in Washington, D.C. after the pair escaped jail time for the violent assault.

The attack occurred around 3 a.m. local time on August 3 in a downtown parking garage, where Coristine and a female companion were ambushed in what police described as an attempted carjacking. Coristine suffered a concussion and broken nose.

The 15-year-old boy and girl from Hyattsville pleaded guilty to simple assault in a D.C. court on Tuesday. The boy was sentenced to 12 months’ probation under house arrest, while the girl received nine months’ probation at a local youth shelter.

MAGA, however, was not satisfied with the outcome and took to social media to fume at the leniency of the sentence doled out to the youths.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) mocked the judge for what he said was a “mild slap on the wrist”:

Other conservatives also piled on:

Speaking to the court via video link, according to the New York Post, Coristine told the defendants: “I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences.”