One of the defining, unstated philosophies of Democrats in the modern era can be understood as follows:
If a Democrat breaks the law in furtherance of a cause that Democrat personally believes to be just, such Democrat did not break the law.
Pretty much every major news story of the past few weeks has been based in this belief--see, e.g., Don Lemon, Alex Pretti, Renee Good and every other Democrat domestic terrorist violating numerous federal, state and local criminal statutes.