I believe that any local-level crime (such as a county-level violation) would still be considered a state-level prosecution.

However, I am not a lawyer and do not know this for certain, nor do I have enough time at the moment to confirm that at the moment. That also largely prevents me from giving you a useful answer to your second question.

I'm not defending the practice or saying I understand the intricacies of it from a legal standpoint, as I do not work in the legal field. I only know that a state and federal charge can be leveled for the same crime from the same event without violating double jeopardy.

To be clear, though, I highly doubt the DOJ will be interested in keeping Rittenhouse in the news at this point. Even if the prosecution hadn't completely fucked up the case, I still find it unlikely they would have won based on the evidence that was presented in court. Unless there is some massive piece of evidence that both the prosecution and defense failed to address, I can't imagine a federal trial would have any reason to come to a different conclusion, and I cannot imagine why the DOJ would want to devote resources to what would likely be a losing case that, as you stated, is under significant accusation of being politically-tinted. Even if they win, they'd likely lose.

I believe that any local-level crime (such as a county-level violation) would still be considered a state-level prosecution.

However, I am not a lawyer and do not know this for certain, nor do I have enough time at the moment to confirm that at the moment. That also largely prevents me from giving you a useful answer to your second question.

I'm not defending the practice or saying I understand the intricacies of it from a legal standpoint, as I do not work in the legal field. I only know that a state and federal charge can be leveled for the same crime from the same event without violating double jeopardy.

To be clear, though I highly doubt the DOJ will be interested in keeping Rittenhouse in the news at this point. Even if the prosecution hadn't completely fucked up the case, I still find it unlikely they would have won based on the evidence that was presented in court. Unless there is some massive piece of evidence that both the prosecution and defense failed to address, I can't imagine a federal trial would have any reason to come to a different conclusion, and I cannot imagine why the DOJ would want to devote resources to what would likely be a losing case that, as you stated, is under significant accusation of being politically-tinted. Even if they win, they'd likely lose.

I believe that any local-level crime (such as a county-level violation) would still be considered a state-level prosecution.

However, I am not a lawyer and do not know this for certain, nor do I have enough time at the moment to confirm that at the moment. That also largely prevents me from giving you a useful answer to your separate question.

I'm not defending the practice or saying I understand the intricacies of it from a legal standpoint, as I do not work in the legal field. I only know that a state and federal charge can be leveled for the same crime from the same event without violating double jeopardy.