LOL. Maybe if you didn't attempt an insurrection in the Capitol Building then all the sane people in our nation would not be turned against you. Special Forces vet charged in Jan. 6 riot accuses Biden of 'poisoning jury pool' https://www.fayobserver.com/story/n...orces-vet-blames-biden-jury-pool/69548426007/ A former 3rd Special Forces Group soldier accused of assaulting officers with a flagpole during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot is blaming President Joe Biden for impacting his ability to receive a fair trial. Jeffrey McKellop, 57, is a decorated Army veteran and previously served with the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg. In a Sept. 8 motion, McKellop seeks to have his case dismissed because President Joe Biden “has intentionally and irreparably poisoned the entire nation as a jury pool.” (More whining from the idiot in the article)
9/11 conspiracist and lawyer from Long Island charged for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot https://gothamist.com/news/911-cons...island-charged-for-role-in-jan-6-capitol-riot A Nassau County attorney who was involved in an effort to spread conspiracies about the 9/11 attacks was arrested Thursday and hit with six felony charges for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol in Washington. John O’Kelly, 66, of East Williston, tried to wrest a police officer’s baton away from them and pushed a metal bike rack toward other officers during skirmishes outside the Capitol, according to prosecutors who cited video and police body camera footage of that day in federal filings. Internet sleuths with the Twitter account @SeditionHunters dubbed O’Kelly #midwhitecrisis last year — after the FBI released a series of photos of him in an effort to ascertain his identity — and used the hashtag to track down information about him. Tipsters eventually helped federal authorities find O’Kelly, leading to his arrest on Thursday, federal prosecutors said. He was charged with counts of assaulting resisting or impeding officers; civil disorder; and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, among other charges. Information about a lawyer representing O’Kelly wasn’t immediately available. Many rioters on Jan. 6 shared the mistaken belief that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. O’Kelly, however, appeared to have dabbled in conspiracy theories long before the 2020 election. He was involved with a group of lawyers who spread falsehoods about 9/11 and who filed a lawsuit claiming that explosives were planted in the twin towers, an unfounded conspiracy theory.
Capitol rioter who said politicians would be 'executed' gets 4 years in prison https://www.businessinsider.com/mat...ld-be-executed-capitol-riot-sentenced-2022-10
Now who are the ETers from the Tampa Bay area again? Who are Tampa Bay’s accused Jan. 6 rioters, really? https://projects.tampabay.com/proje...oters-capitol-rioters-jail-arrests-sentenced/ If you live in Tampa Bay, an alleged insurrectionist likely lives somewhere nearby. Across the Tampa Bay region, they are veterans, an aspiring pro wrestler, a media entrepreneur. Middle class strivers, spouses, grandparents. Fans of their president, Donald Trump. Twenty-nine Americans. They broke the law when they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, federal prosecutors say. Some entered by force. At least seven allegedly joined extremist paramilitary groups. All 29 are Floridians charged with Jan. 6-related offenses. Ten have pleaded guilty. Four have been sentenced; one to probation and three to prison. The Sunshine State, which Trump carried in his bid for reelection, has at least 90 residents charged — more than any other state. The Tampa Bay Times reviewed hundreds of pages of public records to better understand who these residents were as citizens and neighbors throughout Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Hernando, Manatee and Sarasota counties. None of those arrested lived in Pasco at the time of the insurrection. The records document whether they owned homes or businesses, voted regularly or had criminal backgrounds. Alongside court files, news stories, public statements and interviews they gave to conservative media platforms, the records provide a collective portrait of a group that is overwhelmingly white, male and registered Republican. (Much more at above url)
U.S. Capitol Rioter Who Lol’d About Being Compared to ‘Antifa’ When He Destroyed TV News Equipment on Jan. 6 Isn’t Laughing Now https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol...tv-news-equipment-on-jan-6-isnt-laughing-now/ A U.S. Capitol rioter who boasted about attacking CNN reporters and destroying “tens of thousands of dollars” in the network’s TV equipment and cameras pleaded guilty to two felonies in federal court on Friday. The first, obstructing an official proceeding, carries a 20-year maximum sentence. The second, destroying property, has a 5-year cap. (More about this idiot at the above url)
LOL Wife of Elderly Oath Keepers Defendant Tells Jury: My Husband Wore ‘Depends’ on Jan. 6, Not Body Armor https://lawandcrime.com/oath-keeper...husband-wore-depends-on-jan-6-not-body-armor/
A typical deranged insurrectionist --- Now charged with murder. With alleged plan to kill himself, Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant now charged with murder after Illinois crash https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...-with-murder-after-illinois-crash/ar-AA14cDNO Shane Jason Woods pleaded guilty earlier this year to scuffling with a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, mob attack at the U.S. Capitol and faced federal prison time when his case was set for sentencing in January. He never intended to see that court date, authorities alleged Wednesday. Instead, Sangamon County prosecutors said Woods made a drunken suicide attempt on a downstate highway. But instead of killing himself, he took the life of a 35-year-old woman driving to see friends. Woods, who turned 44 on Wednesday, was charged in an indictment returned by a Sangamon County grand jury with first-degree murder, aggravated DUI causing death, and DUI, according to prosecutors. He faces a sentencing range of 20 to 60 years in prison if convicted of the murder charge. Woods, of Auburn, a small, central Illinois town, was ordered held on $2 million bail following the Nov. 8 wreck, which happened on southbound I-55 in Springfield, according to an Illinois State Police report. Prosecutors said they will ask a judge to revoke his bond at his arraignment Thursday. Lauren A. Wegner, 35, was killed in the crash, left trapped in a burning vehicle as Woods allegedly fled from an Illinois state trooper. At the time, Woods “was anticipating a sentence” in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, which may have been motive for the allegedly intentional crash, a police report said. A trooper who arrived at his hospital room reportedly overheard Woods tell someone his intention was to drive his vehicle into the path of a semitrailer and take his own life, according to records. Evelyn Wegner, Lauren’s mother who lives in suburban Skokie and where Lauren grew up, said the family was crying all morning after learning that murder charges had been approved. A picture of Lauren perched on a nearby table, they all watched a news conference announcing the charges together. “She was watching along with us,” Evelyn Wegner said. “She probably saw the whole thing. “Lots of tears but they were sort of happy tears,” Wegner said. They were speechless and shocked after learning of Woods’ alleged motivation. “He was trying to commit suicide — but he ripped into Lauren and the other people instead,” said Wegner. When asked if there was anything she would say to Woods if she could, Wegner said: “Oh, I probably couldn’t say it out loud.” “When we first heard it, I just wished he died but now I wish he will suffer,” she said. “He doesn’t deserve to get off that easy.” Lauren Wegner had been on her way to St. Louis to visit friends at the time of the crash. “She was always smiling. There wasn’t a mean bone in her body,” her mother said. When the family was able to recover her phone, they saw all the messages of concern. “Are you coming?” one read. “Did you decide not to come?” Evelyn Wegner said they were lucky to have the last several months with her, because she’d moved back home to Skokie when a relationship in North Carolina didn’t work out. “Thank goodness we had her for quite a while,” her mother said. Hundreds showed up for a memorial service. “It was gorgeous,” she said. Lauren was “very happy,” said her mother. She was a bartender at a spot in nearby Niles, which she loved. “She couldn’t wait to go to work. They were like a family and they all showed up for the memorial. They came in shifts, it was insane. It was nothing but wonderful.” Her co-workers told her mom: “Lauren was my ray of sunshine,” and “I can’t even tell you what Lauren did for me,” she said. “She’ll be missed forever.” Woods, one of a string of Illinois residents to be charged with participating in the Capitol riot, was accused of assaulting members of the media and tripping a police officer who was running from bear spray during the mob’s attempt to stop the verification of the results of the 2020 presidential election. He pleaded guilty earlier this year and was scheduled to be sentenced in January in U.S. District Court in Washington, but that hearing has now been canceled in light of the new charges. Federal guidelines called for a sentence of 33 to 41 months, court records show. Woods had been free on bond pending that hearing. On the evening of the crash, state troopers were called to a vehicle on fire with someone trapped inside, a police report said. Just prior to the crash, a trooper had pulled over a black 2018 GMC pickup on I-55 and the trooper had “detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage” coming from Woods, the report said. That was when Woods “fled the traffic stop” and began driving north in the southbound lanes, the report said. He allegedly plowed through an exit ramp, causing a multivehicle crash, according to the report. The wreck left Wegner dead, injured two occupants in another vehicle and also injured Woods, the report said. A trooper later went to the hospital and identified Woods as the driver of the “at-fault vehicle,” while Woods was lying on a hospital bed. Testing allegedly revealed Woods was intoxicated at the time, according to police. At some point a nurse asked visitors to leave, the report stated, but before they did, the trooper who was still in the doorway of Woods’ room allegedly overheard Woods telling a woman visiting him that he had intended to crash his vehicle into a semitrailer, the report said. Federal prosecutors in Washington filed a motion to revoke Woods’ bond on Wednesday, citing the first-degree murder charge, court records show. His attorney in that case could not immediately be reached for comment. According to his guilty plea in federal court, Woods was part of a large and belligerent crowd that had congregated on the lower west terrace of the Capitol following then-President Donald Trump’s speech decrying the results of the November presidential election. As the protests grew heated, someone in the crowd sprayed bear mace toward a female Capitol Police officer, obstructing her vision. As the officer tried to pursue the person who sprayed the mace, Woods ran forward, rammed her with his shoulder and tripped her, knocking her into a metal bicycle rack. The incident was captured on a bystander’s video. The officer told investigators she was in physical pain “and the next day felt as if she had been ‘hit by a truck,’” according to the plea. Several hours later, Woods was part of another large group that had stormed past metal barricades into a media staging area on the Capitol grounds, forcing reporters and cameramen to flee, according to court records. Woods could be seen in videos and images captured at the scene climbing over a toppled fence, picking up and tossing cameras and other equipment that had been left behind. Woods was also captured on another video posted to YouTube hitting a cameraman from behind “with a blindside shoulder tackle,” knocking him to the ground and causing him to drop his camera, according to court records. One cameraman estimated the damage to his equipment caused by the mob was at least $34,000, federal prosecutors said. According to the complaint filed in 2021, Woods was identified by several people who knew him, including a former teacher at a college he’d attended in the early 2000s, a woman who knew him and recognized his “light eyes,” and a customer of a heating and cooling company in Auburn where Woods apparently worked. During the events of the day, Woods allegedly sent numerous photos from the scene to users on Facebook, whom he’d chatted with before about politics, the complaint alleged. One of those users had written to Woods weeks after the election that he hoped Trump “has an ace in his pockets” and that his detractors were put in jail.
MAGA rioter who beat cop with a baton — and kept it as a trophy — faces 63-to-87 months in prison under plea deal. https://www.rawstory.com/mason-joel-courson/https://www.rawstory.com/mason-joel-courson/
Not going to help your case when you try to sell the footage. Real men of genius. DOJ: Jailed Jan. 6 rioter tried to sell mob footage to Pelosi’s documentarian daughter In a sentencing memo, the Justice Department urges U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich to impose a 63-month jail sentence for Ronald Sandlin. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/03/doj-jan-6-pelosi-rioter-00072058
Jan. 6 mob 'ringleader,' QAnon follower sentenced in Capitol attack Doug Jensen led rioters who chased Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/qanon-follower-led-mob-sentenced-jan-6-capitol/story?id=95417054 A follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement who led members of the pro-Trump mob that chased Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to five years in prison following his conviction of multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses for his actions during the riot. Doug Jensen, 43, became one of the more recognizable figures in early pictures that emerged from the Capitol assault and was one of the first rioters to breach the building after scaling a 20-foot wall on the West Front of the complex. Prosecutors had sought 64 months for Jensen, describing him as a leader who "was trying to fire up a revolution" that day. Judge Tim Kelly went slightly below their recommendation in sentencing Jensen to 60 months, expressing concern at Jensen's failure to express any remorse for his actions, including in a short statement he delivered just prior to the sentence being handed down. Jensen made no apology and said he just wanted to move forward and get back to his old life. Kelly credited Goodman's heroism as he detailed the rationale behind the sentence, noting if he hadn't been able to divert the mob away from the U.S. Senate the consequences could have been dire. "It is a miracle that more people were not injured and did not lose their lives that day," Kelly said. In their sentencing memo, prosecutors described Jensen as a "ringleader" during the attack who later expressed pride in becoming a "poster boy" of Jan. 6. A jury convicted Jensen in September of five felony offenses including assaulting a law enforcement officer and obstructing an official proceeding, after a trial which featured testimony from Officer Goodman himself. Goodman described the harrowing moment he was chased by Jensen and other rioters up a stairwell inside the Capitol where he managed to divert them away from the Senate Chamber and into the Ohio Clock Corridor where other officers joined him to provide backup. Capitol Police Inspector Thomas Lloyd said in a new letter to Judge Kelly this week that the quick thinking by Goodman likely prevented a shootout inside the Capitol to prevent rioters from reaching Senators who were at the time sheltering in place. "Thankfully, the Defendant was able to walk out of the Capitol Building on January 6. He can thank Officer Goodman," Lloyd said. "If Officer Goodman had not led the Defendant and the rest of the mob away from the Senate Lobby and an attempt was made to breach those doors, there would have been tremendous bloodshed." Even after Goodman was joined by his fellow officers, Jensen continued to confront them -- demanding they "back up" and arrest Vice President Mike Pence. Prosecutors later revealed he had been carrying a knife in his pocket with a three-inch blade. After the riot, when Jensen was first interviewed by the FBI, he was asked by agents if he regretted his actions and told them "it would have been worth it" if former President Trump was able to stay in power as a result of the attack, prosecutors say. And while his attorneys said leading up to his trial that he was reformed and no longer believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, he was later caught using an unauthorized cell phone to stream Mike Lindell's so-called "Cyber Symposium" that propagated more conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen.