This case is not about lost damages and I doubt that is the motivation for someone like AOC getting involved. The narrative surrounding this whole thing has become the little guys have pulled one over the hedge funds and now the wall street is changing the rules. The bad trade that was done here was when GME was shorted to 140%, and now that retail has made a win, everything is being done to save the shorts. All this is highlighting for many more people in how the "game is rigged".