Lock him up! Let's run that up the flagpole. Jan. 6 rioter dressed in Stars and Stripes attacked cops with Trump flag: FBI https://www.rawstory.com/lance-ligocki/
Apparently part of the job description for "geophysicist" is dragging cops down stairs during an insurrection, and doing 5 years for a felon. Colorado geophysicist sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for U.S. Capitol riot Jeffrey P. Sabol was arrested on January 11, 2021, after trying to flee the country https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/21/jeffrey-sabol-capitol-riot-january-6-washington-prison/
Meet some of the violent Jan. 6 rioters Donald Trump keeps calling 'hostages' https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...6-hostages-violence-capitol-police-rcna143888
Lock him up! Proud Boys ‘Ministry of Self Defense’ member detained at Capitol on Jan. 6 arrested again https://lawandcrime.com/crime/proud...-detained-at-capitol-on-jan-6-arrested-again/
Let's see what the judge has to say about violent insurrectionists being called "hostages". Judge Overseeing Trump’s Interference Case Is Unfazed By Jan. 6 Rioter’s Insults During Sentencing Hearing, Slams ‘Hostage’ Label for Jailed Defendants: ‘Are You Serious?’ https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/0...democratic-process-during-sentencing-hearing/
She thinks rioting in DC on Jan. 6 was ‘funny.’ That lack of remorse might cost her https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/toriano-porter/article287741535.html Kimberly Dragoo can’t seem to get out of her own way. Last year, the former candidate for school board in St. Joseph and her husband Steven Dragoo admitted guilt related to their actions at the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. Kimberly’s attempt to downplay her behavior that day could send her to jail for one week longer than her husband, according to a sentencing memorandum filed this month in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Federal prosecutors want Kimberly to serve 21 days total behind bars and recommend 14 days for Steven. Sentencing for the couple is scheduled this week before U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell. Why the discrepancy in potential jail time? Both pleaded guilty to the same charge — one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. Since admitting guilt last August, Steven, 66, has kept a low profile while Kimberly has not, according to federal officials. Her lack of contrition could cost her. “Kimberly Dragoo deserves a more serious sentence because she continues to reject responsibility for her actions, going so far as to claim that she is ‘innocent until proven guilty’ after pleading guilty to this offense,” U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves wrote in the memo. This week, I spoke with Kimberly, 55, over the phone. She refused to answer any questions for this column. After the Dragoos entered the U.S. Capitol, Steven took a picture of Kimberly posing just outside a broken window, according to Graves’ memo. Despite a guilty plea and photo images showing a smiling Kimberly posing inside the building, she still denies wrongdoing, Graves wrote. Under a plea agreement, the couple must pay $500 in restitution to the Architect of the U.S. Capitol, serve 36 months of supervised probation and complete 60 hours of community service. “Since pleading guilty on August 11, 2023, Kimberly continues to claim she did nothing wrong, that January 6 was carried out by just a ‘handful of bad actors,’ and is a victim of slander and fake news reporting,” he wrote. Unsuccessful bid for St. Joseph school board Kimberly ran for a seat on the St. Joseph School District Board of Education and lost. Voters in that town about 55 miles northwest of Kansas City soundly rejected her bid for public office. Of 11,721 votes cast in the municipal election April 2, only 7% were in her favor, The St. Joseph News-Press reported. I called Kimberly because I wanted to give her an opportunity to show remorse for entering the Capitol twice that day. She hasn’t, according to Graves, the U.S. attorney. “Kimberly admitted she entered the U.S. Capitol through a broken window next to an open door near the U.S. Capitol, where Steven photographed her climbing through,” Graves wrote. “Kimberly thought it was ‘funny’ and stated that she was curious about the broken window.” An attack that injured hundreds of law enforcement officials is no laughing matter. Federal authorities estimated rioters caused about $2.9 million in damages to the Capitol. As a nation, there is no price tag high enough to place on the trauma associated with Jan. 6. Kimberly and Steven Dragoo wouldn’t be the first Jan. 6 rioters to rightfully land behind bars. How else to deter another attack on the rule of law? More than 150 people have been convicted of the same low-level parading charge the couple face, according to federal officials. Most have received probation, community service and/or home confinement, the feds say. Others were given minimal jail time. Jail, restitution for Capitol riot convictions Angelo Pacheco, 24, of Kansas City is among them. He spent 18 seconds inside the Capitol on Jan 6. After a guilty plea, Pacheco was sentenced in federal court to 24 months’ probation with 30 days of house arrest and must pay $500 in restitution. Another offender, Mahailya Pryer of Springfield, pleaded guilty in federal court in May 2022 to one misdemeanor count related to the breach of the Capitol. In September of that year, she was sentenced to 45 days in jail and given 36 months’ probation, according to The Star. She too was ordered to pay $500 in restitution, perform 60 hours of community service, participate in an inpatient program for substance abuse and tested for drugs. Because of her drug use, Pryer’s probation was revoked earlier this year, The Star reported. She was sent to jail for 30 consecutive days. Because of a 2023 federal appeals court ruling involving another Capitol riot case, any potential jail time for the Dragoos must be spread out over several nights or weekends, according to federal authorities. In United States v. Little, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. ruled Jan. 6 defendants convicted of a single misdemeanor cannot be sentenced to both imprisonment and probation, according to court records filed in this case. As a condition of their probation, offenders can, however, be confined to jail on an intermittent basis, a legal reprieve the Dragoos must take seriously. Up to six months in jail is a possibility but highly unlikely. I should point out, neither Kimberly nor Steven Dragoo has a prior criminal record, according to the memo. That could factor in the judge’s decision. But Kimberly’s stubborn refusal to acknowledge this unprecedented attack on American democracy could lead to significantly more jail time than it should. And I can’t think of anything funny about that.
So basically if the Supreme Court disallows prosecuting the insurrectionists using this particular statue created during the Enron trial error then a number of insurrectionists will land back in federal court. Of course, the federal prosecutors will likely simply prosecute them on three more stringent charges (in terms of possible sentences) with similar statues rather than the single earlier disallowed statue (this has been outlined by legal experts). The expectation is that the insurrectionists will be given a choice as a deal -- take the plea deal with the sentence you already have (and are serving) with a guilty plea to the new charges -- or be re-prosecuted on the new additional charges which will most likely increase your sentence.
Active-duty sailor whines that probation would be "fatal" to his Navy career, which might have been a good thing to mull over before joining the feces-smearing mob that tried to murder Congress. Active-duty sailor convicted in Capitol riot says probation would be 'fatal' to his Navy career Leading Petty Officer David Elizalde, 46, was stationed on the USS Harry S. Truman on Jan. 6, 2021, when he unlawfully entered the U.S. Capitol. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/...ruman/65-4fafc617-97dc-4f85-b3fd-61a8e3fdeed0
Eleven years is not enough... DOJ seeks 11 years for conservative scion Brent Bozell IV, saying he 'led the charge' on Jan. 6 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/d...saying-he-led-the-charge-on-jan-6/ar-BB1lVgiX Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 11 years in federal prison for convicted Jan. 6 defendant Brent Bozell IV, the son and grandson of two men who shaped the American conservative movement in the 20th and 21st Century. Bozell IV, also known as "Zeeker," smashed windows at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and was convicted of a host of charges in September, including five felonies. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 17. Federal prosecutors, in a sentencing memo filed late Friday, sought a terrorism sentencing enhancement for Bozell, saying that Bozell's actions were intended to affect the conduct of the government and that he made preparations for Jan. 6 because he "believed that the presidential election had been 'stolen' and thus planned to respond through violence." Bozell's father, Brent Bozell III, founded the Media Research Center, NewsBusters, CNSNews and the Parents Television and Media Council. Bozell III once wrote that former President Donald Trump "might be the greatest charlatan of them all," but pivoted to defending Trump after his 2016 election victory. Brent Bozell Jr., the convicted rioter's grandfather, was a speechwriter for Joe McCarthy, ghostwrote Barry Goldwater's "The Conscience of a Conservative" and was a friend of National Review founder William F. Buckley. Bozell Jr. was such a "fan boy" of fascist dictator Francisco Franco that he moved to Spain during his reign, according to Politico, which also credited him with organizing the "first violent anti-abortion protest" in Washington in 1970 for which he was "convicted of assaulting a police officer with a five-foot wooden cross," according to his 1997 obituary. Few Jan. 6 rioters, federal prosecutors said, "were involved in as many pivotal breaches" as Brent Bozell IV during the Jan. 6 attack. Bozell IV, they said, "is not similarly situated to any other defendant given his relentless and sustained attacks on law enforcement in multiple locations inside and outside the Capitol" on Jan. 6. "Leo Brent Bozell IV led the charge in a violent attack on the United States Capito. ... Bozell participated in—and often led—a series of critical breaches on January 6: the police line under the scaffolding (2:00 p.m.); the police line on the landing of the Northwest Stairs (2:09 p.m.); the final police line at the top of the Northwest Stairs (2:11 p.m.); the initial breach of the Capitol building at the Senate Wing Doors (2:12 p.m.); the police line near the Carriage Door (2:21 p.m.); the East Rotunda Doors (2:38 p.m.); the Senate Gallery (2:42 p.m.), and the Senate Floor (2:49 p.m.)," the government wrote. Bozell IV, court evidence showed, was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol and joined the mob as they chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up the stairs near the Senate floor. Bozell IV soon entered former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, and "left carrying an unidentified object in his hand," prosecutors said, before he joined other rioters as they breached the East Rotunda doors from the inside, allowing more rioters to flow inside. "After January 6, Bozell expressed disappointment that the election results were eventually certified despite the mob’s efforts, calling Mike Pence a 'traitor' for his part in certifying the election results. Bozell also sought to minimize and justify his conduct," federal prosecutors wrote. "For example, he made fantastical claims about how he accessed the building, and he told his friends and family that the 'Capitol siege was morally justified.'" Like many conservatives, Bozell IV also tried to blame "antifa," writing in a text that "Antifa lead" even though he himself had smashed windows to let the mob into the building. He then made the implausible claim that "Antifa coordinated with Congress, DC mayor and police to gain unfettered access." He also texted his brother to get him to convince his father Bozell III to retract his public condemnation of violence. In their own memo, Bozell IV's defense attorneys wrote that he "regrets his decisions" that day and that he didn't have any "thought-out plan." They wrote that Bozell IV believed at the time that the election was "rigged" but today accepts that Joe Biden is president. Bozell IV was part of a family "that has long been 'intune' with politics in Washington D.C. and was too personally and emotionally 'invested' in the final outcome of the 2020 election," his attorneys wrote. They added that Bozell IV is "ashamed that he smashed windows at the U.S. Capitol Building and entered through them." Brent Bozell III, Bozell IV's father and the president of the Media Research Center, wrote a letter in support of his son, calling him "a man of peace" and suggesting that politics may be at play in the case. (The Justice Department is seeking a similar sentence for Zach Alam, another rioter who smashed windows at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and took his case to trial.) "I have remained silent for the past 3 1/2 years because I didn't want to tip the apple cart of justice. But given what I saw in the trial, and more importantly learning about this terrorism enhancement, I no longer can. I believe there is more at play here," Bozell III wrote in the letter. "I am not pleading my son's innocence, only that his punishment match the crime. I am asking the Court to consider my son's character that is sterling and is being defended by absolutely everyone around him." Bozell III wrote that he believed that everyone in the Bozell household voted for Trump, but that they were "not unanimous in our analysis of the election results." "We are a political family, and have been for generations," Bozell III wrote. "As such there was great discussion over the subject, be it by phone, by email, text or dinner conversation. Passionate? Of course, if you felt your greatest gift as an American — the right to vote — had been stolen. But never, ever was there a discussion of violent behavior — planned, proposed, considered, raised or even mentioned." In the 40 months since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors have charged more than 1,424 defendants, and 1,019 defendants have been convicted in court. Of the 884 defendants sentenced, 541 defendants have received periods of incarceration that have ranged from a few days behind bars to 22 years in federal prison. This article was originally published on NBCNews.com