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  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,429

     
    Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers' Rhodes
    By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer
    38 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and public servants who fled the mob's attack told a judge on Wednesday that they are still haunted by what they endured, as the judge prepares to hand down sentences in a landmark Capitol riot case.

    U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta heard victim impact statements a day before he's expected to deliver the first Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and an associate convicted of plotting to block the transfer of power from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.

    Prosecutors are seeking 25 years behind bars for Rhodes, which would be the longest sentence by far handed down among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.

    Metropolitan Police Officer Christopher Owens crossed paths with Oath Keepers members in Senate hallways as rioters invaded the building, shouted insults and threw projectiles at police. Owens recalled his wife bursting into tears when she saw the blood and bruises on his arms and legs after the riot.

    “We experienced physical trauma, emotional trauma and mental trauma,” Owens said during the hearing in Washington’s federal court . “The traumas we suffered that day were endless.”

    Rhodes scribbled notes on a yellow legal pad as he listened to the statements.

    Terri McCullough, who was chief of staff to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said rioters were trying to hunt down the California Democrat as her staffers hid in a conference room for hours, hearing chants and threats.

    “The defendants violated our workplace, our government and our democracy,” McCullough said, adding, “Democracy succeeded.”

    Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus, who was assigned to Pelosi's security detail, said some of his co-workers have quit because of what they experienced.

    “Lives and careers have been ruined and will never return to normal,” he said.

    Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who encountered Oath Keepers in the Rotunda, said rioters turned the “citadel of American democracy” into a crime scene. Dunn said he is a “shell of his former self” and dreads coming to work every day.

    While he still feels scarred by Jan. 6, Dunn said he found “a little relief” from the jury's conviction of Rhodes and other Oath Keepers, adding that he is “profoundly grateful that, in this case, justice has been done.”

    The judge also heard statements from Virginia Brown, who was a Senate chamber assistant and helped carry a box of electoral votes across the Rotunda on Jan. 6. As the mob breached the Capitol, Brown kicked off her shoes so she could run faster. She recalled fearing for her life and praying that she wouldn't encounter any insurrectionists.

    “I constantly relive the memories of that day,” said Brown, who was a college sophomore at the time. “I cannot measure how many hours of sleep I've lost.”

    Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in November alongside Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs after prosecutors spent weeks making the case that Rhodes and his extremist group followers had plotted an armed rebellion to keep Biden, a Democrat, out of the White House in favor of Trump, a Republican.

    Rhodes, who didn’t go inside the Capitol, took the witness stand at trial and told jurors that there was never any plan to attack the Capitol and that his followers who did went rogue.

    Meggs will also be sentenced on Thursday, followed by two Oath Keepers on Friday who were acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted of other crimes. Another four Oath Keepers convicted of the sedition charge during a second trial in January will be sentenced next week.

    Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences ranging from 10 to 21 years for the Oath Keepers besides Rhodes.

    The judge canceled the sentencing scheduled this week for one defendant, Thomas Caldwell, of Berryville, Virginia, as he weighs whether to overturn the jury’s guilty verdict on obstruction and a documents tampering charge.

    Prosecutors are urging the judge to apply enhanced penalties for terrorism, arguing the Oath Keepers sought to influence the government through “intimidation or coercion.” Judges have so far rejected the Justice Department's request to apply the so-called “terrorism enhancement” in the handful of Jan. 6 cases it has sought it in so far, but the Oath Keepers case is unlike any others that have reached sentencing to date.

    More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the riot. Just over 500 of them have been sentenced, with more than half receiving terms of imprisonment ranging from a week to over 14 years. The remainder have received sentences such as probation or home detention.

    The sentences for the Oath Keepers may signal how much time prosecutors will seek for leaders of another far-right group, the Proud Boys, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy in a separate trial this month. Those defendants include former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio, who is perhaps the most high-profile person charged in the sprawling Jan. 6 investigation. The Proud Boys are scheduled to be sentenced in August and September.

    Over seven weeks of testimony, jurors heard how Rhodes rallied his followers to fight to defend Trump, discussed the prospect of a “bloody” civil war and warned that the Oath Keepers may have to “rise up in insurrection” to defeat Biden if Trump didn’t act.

    On Jan. 6, Rhodes' followers shouldered their way through the crowd in military-style stack formation before forcing their way into the Capitol. The Oath Keepers had stashed weapons at a Virginia hotel for “quick reaction force” teams prosecutors said were ready to get weapons into the city quickly if needed. The weapons were never deployed.

    Rhodes' lawyers are urging the judge to sentence him to the roughly 16 months behind bars he has already served since his January 2022 arrest. In court papers filed this month, Rhodes’ attorneys argued that all of Rhodes’ writings and statements were “protected political speech.”

    “None of his protected speech incited or encouraged imminent violent or unlawful acts, nor were any likely to occur as a result of his speech,” they wrote.

    ___

    Richer reported from Boston.


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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,482
    It should be 50 years with 25 to serve. He’ll get 12 and be out in 6.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,429
    It should be 50 years with 25 to serve. He’ll get 12 and be out in 6.

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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    I love that someone named Ahmet Mehta is sitting in judgment of this white trash piece of shit.  Poetic justice
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,258
    Good I hope all get the max jail time specially one eye willie! Would be great if he gets 20 
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    mickeyrat said:
    Guess he should have left a dollar. A quarter just didn't cut it.
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,524
    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 22,130
    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

    he better do every fucking minute of that time too. should have been the max given his defiant statement this morning.
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,524
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    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

    he better do every fucking minute of that time too. should have been the max given his defiant statement this morning.
    Hopefully they'll put him in genpop but away from the ABs
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 22,130
    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

    he better do every fucking minute of that time too. should have been the max given his defiant statement this morning.
    Hopefully they'll put him in genpop but away from the ABs
    also hopefully he will convert to islam and come out of there more interested in peace than violent overthrow of the government.
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 36,482
    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

    he better do every fucking minute of that time too. should have been the max given his defiant statement this morning.
    Gets pardoned by the first repub POTUS elected post report to prison. 7 years max.
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,524
    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

    he better do every fucking minute of that time too. should have been the max given his defiant statement this morning.
    Gets pardoned by the first repub POTUS elected post report to prison. 7 years max.
    If he's in genpop and not being protected by the ABs he may not survive his full bit.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,258
    Good

    Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes will spend 18 years in prison, longest sentence yet  https://www.npr.org/1178116193

    he better do every fucking minute of that time too. should have been the max given his defiant statement this morning.
    Gets pardoned by the first repub POTUS elected post report to prison. 7 years max.
    If he's in genpop and not being protected by the ABs he may not survive his full bit.
    He just has to join the white Arian nation convicts and he’s good to go! 
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,524
    Good but not enough time...


    Jessica Watkins: Oath Keepers member and Army veteran sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for January 6


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    Say no to meth, Kyle. 
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    This weekend we rock Portland
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,258
    She’s a vile POS human just like the rest of that mob! She’s molded like MTG, I hope the judge throws her in for 10 years.. 
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,429
    mickeyrat said:


     
    Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison
    By Michael Kunzelman
    Today

    A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison.

    Pauline Bauer was near Pelosi's office suite on Jan. 6, 2021, when she yelled at police officers to bring out the California Democrat so the mob of Donald Trump supporters could hang her.

    In January, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden convicted Bauer of riot-related charges after hearing trial testimony without a jury. The judge sentenced her to two years and three months of imprisonment, giving her credit for the several months she already has served in jail, court records show.

    Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of six years and six months for Bauer, 55, of Kane, Pennsylvania.

    Bauer was part of the mob that forced police officers on the East Plaza to retreat. After forcing her way into the Capitol, she accosted officers who were trying to secure the Rotunda, shoving one of them, and yelled at police to “bring them out or we’re coming in,” according to federal prosecutors.

    “They’re criminals. They need to hang,” she screamed. “Bring Nancy Pelosi out here now. We want to hang (her). Bring her out."

    Other rioters shouted threats against Pelosi while they roamed through the Capitol.

    “Bauer’s threat to hang Speaker Pelosi was real, imminent, and placed the Speaker of the House in danger,” prosecutor James Peterson wrote in a court filing.

    Bauer traveled from her north Pennsylvania home to attend then-President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on Jan. 6. She had attended a “Stop the Steal” rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a day earlier.

    She came to Washington with at least five other people who have been charged in the Capitol riot, including co-defendant William Blauser, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Last year, McFadden ordered Blauser to pay a $500 fine but didn’t sentence him to any term of incarceration or probation.

    McFadden convicted Bauer of all five counts in her indictment, including a felony charge that she obstructed the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress that certified President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

    Defense attorney Komron Jon Maknoon said Bauer never intended to interfere with the process of certifying the Electoral College vote. She “genuinely regrets her past actions” and doesn't pose a threat to the public, her lawyer said.

    "The international spotlight showcasing her at her worst has deeply affected her," Maknoon wrote.

    Prosecutors said Bauer lied during her trial testimony, giving a bogus explanation for her confrontation with police and claiming she didn't remember threatening Pelosi.

    Bauer has used “sovereign citizen” extremist rhetoric and filed “nonsense" court documents while defending herself, prosecutors said.

    More than a year before the trial, McFadden ordered Bauer to be jailed for several months for violating conditions of her release. She had claimed the court has no authority over her and told the judge that she doesn’t want “any lawyering from the bench.”

    During an interview in 2021, Bauer said her arrest on Capitol riot charges led to a mixed reaction from neighbors in Kane, a small town on the edge of the 517,000-acre Allegheny National Forest.

    “A lot of people say that they’re proud of me for standing up for my rights,” she told The Associated Press.

    Bauer said her restaurant, Bob’s Trading Post, was thriving before the COVID-19 pandemic. She became known in her hometown as an outspoken critic of lockdown measures that cost her business.

    More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. More than 500 of them have been sentenced, with over half receiving terms of imprisonment ranging from one week to 18 years.


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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 22,130
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:


     
    Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison
    By Michael Kunzelman
    Today

    A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison.

    Pauline Bauer was near Pelosi's office suite on Jan. 6, 2021, when she yelled at police officers to bring out the California Democrat so the mob of Donald Trump supporters could hang her.

    In January, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden convicted Bauer of riot-related charges after hearing trial testimony without a jury. The judge sentenced her to two years and three months of imprisonment, giving her credit for the several months she already has served in jail, court records show.

    Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of six years and six months for Bauer, 55, of Kane, Pennsylvania.

    Bauer was part of the mob that forced police officers on the East Plaza to retreat. After forcing her way into the Capitol, she accosted officers who were trying to secure the Rotunda, shoving one of them, and yelled at police to “bring them out or we’re coming in,” according to federal prosecutors.

    “They’re criminals. They need to hang,” she screamed. “Bring Nancy Pelosi out here now. We want to hang (her). Bring her out."

    Other rioters shouted threats against Pelosi while they roamed through the Capitol.

    “Bauer’s threat to hang Speaker Pelosi was real, imminent, and placed the Speaker of the House in danger,” prosecutor James Peterson wrote in a court filing.

    Bauer traveled from her north Pennsylvania home to attend then-President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on Jan. 6. She had attended a “Stop the Steal” rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a day earlier.

    She came to Washington with at least five other people who have been charged in the Capitol riot, including co-defendant William Blauser, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Last year, McFadden ordered Blauser to pay a $500 fine but didn’t sentence him to any term of incarceration or probation.

    McFadden convicted Bauer of all five counts in her indictment, including a felony charge that she obstructed the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress that certified President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

    Defense attorney Komron Jon Maknoon said Bauer never intended to interfere with the process of certifying the Electoral College vote. She “genuinely regrets her past actions” and doesn't pose a threat to the public, her lawyer said.

    "The international spotlight showcasing her at her worst has deeply affected her," Maknoon wrote.

    Prosecutors said Bauer lied during her trial testimony, giving a bogus explanation for her confrontation with police and claiming she didn't remember threatening Pelosi.

    Bauer has used “sovereign citizen” extremist rhetoric and filed “nonsense" court documents while defending herself, prosecutors said.

    More than a year before the trial, McFadden ordered Bauer to be jailed for several months for violating conditions of her release. She had claimed the court has no authority over her and told the judge that she doesn’t want “any lawyering from the bench.”

    During an interview in 2021, Bauer said her arrest on Capitol riot charges led to a mixed reaction from neighbors in Kane, a small town on the edge of the 517,000-acre Allegheny National Forest.

    “A lot of people say that they’re proud of me for standing up for my rights,” she told The Associated Press.

    Bauer said her restaurant, Bob’s Trading Post, was thriving before the COVID-19 pandemic. She became known in her hometown as an outspoken critic of lockdown measures that cost her business.

    More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. More than 500 of them have been sentenced, with over half receiving terms of imprisonment ranging from one week to 18 years.


    2 years is still not enough.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,258
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:


     
    Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison
    By Michael Kunzelman
    Today

    A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison.

    Pauline Bauer was near Pelosi's office suite on Jan. 6, 2021, when she yelled at police officers to bring out the California Democrat so the mob of Donald Trump supporters could hang her.

    In January, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden convicted Bauer of riot-related charges after hearing trial testimony without a jury. The judge sentenced her to two years and three months of imprisonment, giving her credit for the several months she already has served in jail, court records show.

    Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of six years and six months for Bauer, 55, of Kane, Pennsylvania.

    Bauer was part of the mob that forced police officers on the East Plaza to retreat. After forcing her way into the Capitol, she accosted officers who were trying to secure the Rotunda, shoving one of them, and yelled at police to “bring them out or we’re coming in,” according to federal prosecutors.

    “They’re criminals. They need to hang,” she screamed. “Bring Nancy Pelosi out here now. We want to hang (her). Bring her out."

    Other rioters shouted threats against Pelosi while they roamed through the Capitol.

    “Bauer’s threat to hang Speaker Pelosi was real, imminent, and placed the Speaker of the House in danger,” prosecutor James Peterson wrote in a court filing.

    Bauer traveled from her north Pennsylvania home to attend then-President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on Jan. 6. She had attended a “Stop the Steal” rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a day earlier.

    She came to Washington with at least five other people who have been charged in the Capitol riot, including co-defendant William Blauser, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Last year, McFadden ordered Blauser to pay a $500 fine but didn’t sentence him to any term of incarceration or probation.

    McFadden convicted Bauer of all five counts in her indictment, including a felony charge that she obstructed the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress that certified President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

    Defense attorney Komron Jon Maknoon said Bauer never intended to interfere with the process of certifying the Electoral College vote. She “genuinely regrets her past actions” and doesn't pose a threat to the public, her lawyer said.

    "The international spotlight showcasing her at her worst has deeply affected her," Maknoon wrote.

    Prosecutors said Bauer lied during her trial testimony, giving a bogus explanation for her confrontation with police and claiming she didn't remember threatening Pelosi.

    Bauer has used “sovereign citizen” extremist rhetoric and filed “nonsense" court documents while defending herself, prosecutors said.

    More than a year before the trial, McFadden ordered Bauer to be jailed for several months for violating conditions of her release. She had claimed the court has no authority over her and told the judge that she doesn’t want “any lawyering from the bench.”

    During an interview in 2021, Bauer said her arrest on Capitol riot charges led to a mixed reaction from neighbors in Kane, a small town on the edge of the 517,000-acre Allegheny National Forest.

    “A lot of people say that they’re proud of me for standing up for my rights,” she told The Associated Press.

    Bauer said her restaurant, Bob’s Trading Post, was thriving before the COVID-19 pandemic. She became known in her hometown as an outspoken critic of lockdown measures that cost her business.

    More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. More than 500 of them have been sentenced, with over half receiving terms of imprisonment ranging from one week to 18 years.


    2 years is still not enough.
    Agreed f her she’s a rotten human! Hope she never gets to run another restaurant 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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