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We've looked at the average sentences here. There are about 50 that have gone to sentencing—conviction and sentencing on just a 1512(c)(2) as the only felony. So I think that's the best way to gauge it,
The DOJ wanted me to plead to 1512 with a range of 41 to 51 months even though their own prosecutor acknowledged that I was 'entirely peaceful' and didn't destroy anything. Prelogar was straight up lying to the Supreme Court during yesterday's hearing,
This was when the sentencing enhancement did apply, so the ranges were higher. The average sentence among the approximately 50 people is 26 months of imprisonment, and the median has been 24 months."
Now I can't give you an example of enforcing it in a situation where people have violently stormed a building in order to prevent an official proceeding,
I think it’s very unfortunate, at a time that there are American hostages being held in Gaza, that the president or any other leaders would refer to people moving through our justice system as hostages, and it’s just unacceptable,
This town is not unfamiliar with protest activities that lead to people being arrested,
On both sides, there's hyperbole and narrative that is not strictly factually accurate,
Shipley told the Washington Examiner A full pardon would basically — there are many people that do receive a full pardon, even though they've already served their sentence and they've been convicted — it takes away that conviction,
said Brett Tolman, a former Utah U.S. attorney who has defended a few who breached the Capitol These are folks who are the victim of government abuse,
Fitton told the Washington Examiner My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!”
he wrote on Truth Social on March 11. They ought to release the J6 hostages,
I can't say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control,
He had said in advance of January 6 that he was prepared to storm the Capitol, prepared to use violence, he wanted to intimidate Congress,
Is that how the law works when you have Republican SCOTUS justices acting as your defense attorney? There's a limit to the number of charges you can face no matter how many crimes you commit?"
That's not how this works, sir. If you've got five people murdered and you just charge four, is that proper?"
one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter There are six other counts in the indictment here, which include civil disorder, physical contact with the victim, assault, entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct, disorderly conduct in the Capitol building,
And then she danced around on whether the government could use that statute against BLM and Antifa and left-wing activists,
What if something similar to that happened all around the Capitol so that members—all the bridges from Virginia were blocked, and members from Virginia who needed to appear at a hearing couldn't get there or were delayed in getting there?"
Would a sit-in that disrupts a trial, or access to a federal courthouse, qualify? Would a heckler in today's audience [inside the Supreme Court] qualify, or at the State of the Union address? Would pulling a fire alarm before a vote qualify?"
asked Justice Neil Gorsuch Whoever corruptly… obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."
The relevant statute – 18 U.S. Code Section 1512(c)(2) – of the Corporate Fraud Accountability, part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reads