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Eric Munchel, Nashville's 'zip-tie guy,' gets one of longest sentences for January 6 riot at Capitol

Eric Munchel, the Nashville man known as "zip-tie guy," has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Munchel and his mother and codefendant Lisa Eisenhart at the U.S. District Court in Washington on Friday.

Awww, he brought his mommy....

Poor parenting is a theme with these terrorists.

Prominent activist's son convicted of storming Capitol and invading Senate floor in Jan. 6 riot

The son of a prominent conservative activist has been convicted of charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, bashed in a window, chased a police officer, invaded the Senate floor and helped a mob disrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's presidential election victory.

Leo Brent Bozell IV, 44, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, was found guilty Friday of 10 charges, including five felony offenses, after a trial decided by a federal judge, according to the Justice Department.

Bozell’s father is Brent Bozell III, who founded the Media Research Center, Parents Television Council and other conservative media organizations.

U.S. District Judge John Bates heard testimony without a jury before convicting Bozell of charges including obstructing the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress convened to certify the Electoral College vote that Biden won over then-President Donald Trump, a Republican.

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates is a Shrub appointee.
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... The judge is scheduled to sentence Bozell on Jan. 9....

Lock him up!

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Is she campaigning for prison?

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Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties

One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. Capitol together was sentenced on Monday to (4 years) probation and 279 hours of community service — one hour for every Marine who was killed or wounded fighting in the Civil War.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said she can't fathom why Dodge Hellonen violated his oath to protect the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic” — and risked his career — by joining the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

“I really urge you to think about why it happened so you can address it and ensure it never happens again,” Reyes said.

Dodge Hellonen, now 24, was the first of the three Marines to be punished for participating in the Capitol siege. Reyes also is scheduled to sentence co-defendants Micah Coomer on Tuesday and Joshua Abate on Wednesday....

Prosecutors recommended short terms of incarceration — 30 days for Coomer and 21 days for Hellonen and Abate — along with 60 hours of community service.

A prosecutor wrote in a court filing that their military service, while laudable, makes their conduct “all the more troubling.”

... Reyes said it “carried a great deal of weight” to learn that Hellonen maintained a positive attitude and stellar work ethic when he was effectively demoted after the Jan. 6 attack. He went from working as a signals analyst to a job that few Marines want, inventorying military gear....

Hellonen, Coomer and Abate pleaded guilty earlier this year to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of six months behind bars. Hundreds of Capitol rioters have pleaded guilty to the same charge, which is akin to trespassing....

None of them is accused of engaging in any violence or destruction on Jan. 6. But prosecutors said none of them has expressed sincere remorse for their crimes.

Coomer bragged on social media about taking part in “history," called for a “fresh start” and said he was “waiting for the boogaloo," a slang term for a second civil war in the U.S.

Coomer’s statement that he was “hoping for a second civil war to topple what he viewed as a ‘corrupt’ government was deeply ominous, given that his military training and access to military weapons would make him a particularly effective participant in such a war against the government,” the prosecutor wrote.

More than 600 people have been sentenced for Capitol riot-related federal crimes. Over 100 of them have served in the U.S. military. according to an Associated Press review of court records. Only a few were active-duty military or law enforcement personnel on Jan. 6....

As of Friday, all three Marines were still on active-duty status, according to the Marine Corps. But all three could be separated from the Marine Corps “on less than honorable conditions,” prosecutors said.

Hellonen received separation paperwork in July, while Coomer awaited a decision last Friday on his possible separation, according to prosecutors. They said Abate was still enlisted in the Marine Corps as of Sept. 1....

US Judge Ana C. Reyes is a Uruguay/Spain child immigrant, a feminist and a Joltin' Joe appointee. Idk if guilt-tripping MAGAts with Marine history can work, but it is creative.

Our military trains stupid terrorists.

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But our military doesn't seem to care that they train terrorists

I don't think it worked - "prosecutors said none of them has expressed sincere remorse for their crimes.

Coomer bragged on social media about taking part in “history," called for a “fresh start” and said he was “waiting for the boogaloo," a slang term for a second civil war in the U.S."

"As of Friday, all three Marines were still on active-duty status, according to the Marine Corps. But all three could be separated from the Marine Corps “on less than honorable conditions,” prosecutors said."

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Today's military would welcome Arlo

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Today's military would welcome Arlo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NzFJxX8yoY

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California Man Sentenced on Conspiracy and Other Charges Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Defendant Convicted of Joining Others in Planning and Carrying Out Attack on U.S. Capitol

A California man was sentenced in the District of Columbia today on two felony charges and one misdemeanor related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Edward Badalian, 29, of Panorama City, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson to 51 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution and fines. Badalian was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and entering and remaining in a restricted building following a bench trial before Judge Jackson on April 4, 2023....

Prosecutors wanted more than 10 years and they may have a point. Badalian was an organizer who incited violence, and he is unrepentant and rude according to other reports. Still, 4 years + is significant. He's locked up!

Judge Amy Berman Jackson was appointed by Barack Obama.

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Jan. 6 rioter who smashed window and received signed Trump hat is sentenced to more than 4 years

No hats in prison. :violin:

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth was appointed by Ronald Reagan.
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Ex-candidate for Michigan governor Ryan Kelley gets prison time for role in Capitol riot

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley to 60 days in prison for his role in in the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper also sentenced Kelley to one year probation after his prison term and ordered him to pay a $5,000 fine....

Under the plea deal, Kelley agreed to cooperate with other Jan. 6 investigations by giving investigators an interview regarding the events of that day, and letting them review his social media accounts that he used on the day of the riot.

Should have been harsher given his actions on J6 and since.

Ryan Kelley

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Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources
Meadows said Trump was "dishonest" on election night, according to sources.

On behalf of the sane, honest and patriotic minority in NC11 I'm appalled. Our shame could only have been alleviated by imprisonment, and convicting ancient and unhealthy TRE45ON isn't worth letting Meadows skate. He was complicit up to his eyebrows, and even published a book after leaving the WH that was full of the same election lies that he now conveniently rejects. Surely a guilty plea could have been extracted, or there is enough evidence to convict P01135809 without Meadows.

NOJackNO!

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Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties


US Judge Ana C. Reyes is a Uruguay/Spain child immigrant, a feminist and a Joltin' Joe appointee. Idk if guilt-tripping MAGAts with Marine history can work, but it is creative.

Our military trains stupid terrorists.

But our military doesn't seem to care that they train terrorists

I don't think it worked - "prosecutors said none of them has expressed sincere remorse for their crimes.

Coomer bragged on social media about taking part in “history," called for a “fresh start” and said he was “waiting for the boogaloo," a slang term for a second civil war in the U.S."

"As of Friday, all three Marines were still on active-duty status, according to the Marine Corps. But all three could be separated from the Marine Corps “on less than honorable conditions,” prosecutors said."

Yet another Army-trained terrorist, now a hunted fugitive:

Search underway for man wanted in connection with Jan. 6 attack: FBI
FBI Newark SWAT is searching for the man in Middlesex County, authorities said.

... At the time of the Capitol attack, Yetman was a military police sergeant in the New Jersey Army National Guard, a spokesperson for the New Jersey National Guard confirmed to ABC News. He served in the New Jersey Army National Guard for approximately 12 years and was honorably discharged in March 2022, according to the spokesperson....

A different article states that he was first IDed by volunteer sleuths online and USA TODAY. :clap: :clap:

Kinda slow, but Go Merrick and Director Wray Go

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Ken Buck blasts his party's hardliners for ‘lying to America’

Republican Rep. Ken Buck laid into his own party Sunday, blasting those who continue to propagate the lie that the 2020 election was stolen for “lying to America.”

“Everybody who thinks that the election was stolen or talks about the election being stolen is lying to America,” the Colorado Republican said during an interview in CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Buck didn’t stop there.

“Everyone who makes the argument that January 6 was, you know, an unguided tour of the Capitol is lying to America. Everyone who says that the prisoners who are being prosecuted right now for their involvement in January 6, that they are somehow political prisoners or that they didn't commit crimes, those folks are lying to America.”

It’s not the first time Buck, a member of the Trump-aligned House Freedom Caucus, has decried his party’s unwillingness to accept the results of Biden’s 2020 victory or condemn the violent attack on the Capitol. The Colorado Republican voiced a similar warning earlier this month in announcing that he would not seek reelection in 2024.

“Too many Republican leaders are lying to America,” he said in his announcement video in early November....

It takes a wingnut to expose wingnut traitors.

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Just when you think they could not possibly sink lower TRE45QN's lawyers reach a new level of suckdom:

Trump’s Latest Legal Defense: He Didn’t Take Oath to “Support” the Constitution
The Colorado Supreme Court is weighing whether to bar Trump from appearing on the state ballot next year.

Idiots.

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Mother and son who aided in theft of Pelosi's laptop on Jan. 6 are sentenced

A mother and son who aided in the theft of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop — whom online sleuths identified after the FBI mistakenly raided the home of another Donald Trump supporter in Alaska — were sentenced Wednesday.

Maryann Mooney-Rondon and her son, Rafael Rondon, were arrested in October 2021 after they were identified by online "Sedition Hunters" who have aided in hundreds of cases against Capitol rioters.

Before their identification, online sleuths had dubbed the pair “AirheadLady” and “AirheadBoy” because they emerged from the Capitol wearing stolen emergency escape hoods, which the duo subsequently admitted stealing.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sentenced Rondon to 18 months of home incarceration and Mooney-Rondon to 12 months of home incarceration. She described the sentence as “jail but at home” and said they would be confined to home 24/7. Both will be on probation for five years.

Judge Jia M. Cobb was appointed by Joe Biden.

Cobb said that it was a “difficult” case and that neither of the defendants were criminal masterminds. “I’m not suggesting that you two are stupid or idiots,” she said, but she said they engaged in “juvenile” behavior.

Yes, she is suggesting that they are stupid idiots, and like all MAGAts they are.

“I just think that they were acting very stupidly,” Cobb said. “No offense.” She said she was giving them a “significant break.”

That is offensive, nttawwt. I'm not sure the break is merited.

Rafael Rondon was previously sentenced to 14 months of incarceration after he pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to possession of an unregistered firearm after the FBI found an unregistered sawed-off shotgun when it searched the Rondons' home.

Again, stupid idiot. If people are getting rounded up for J6, move the gun and anything else illegal!

... The government had sought 51 months in prison for Rafael Rondon and 46 months in prison for Maryann Mooney-Rondon.

GoMerrickGo

Online sleuths identified the pair after the FBI raided the Alaska home of a woman it mistakenly thought was Mooney-Rondon. That woman, Marilyn Hueper, was on the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6 with her husband but does not appear to have entered the building. Neither of the Huepers has been charged.

A sleuth who helped identify the Rondons using facial recognition, in an interview for the book "Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System,” called the FBI’s raid of the Alaska home “an embarrassing f---up” and said they initially “didn’t believe the FBI could mess up that badly.” The sleuths were able to identify the duo in about a half-hour, confirming the facial recognition hit with the help of Mooney-Rondon’s Facebook page, which featured images of her wearing the same items of jewelry she wore to the Capitol on Jan. 6.

GoSedition HuntersGo! :-||

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J6 Defendant Uses Vivek's Debate Conspiracy at Sentencing
It didn't work.
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Alan Hostetter was sentenced today in a DC courtroom to 11.25 years in prison for his role in the J6 insurrection. He was considered one of the most high-profile defendants to date since he was a former Police Chief and traveled to DC with a cache of weapons. Prosecutors had asked for 12 years....

:clap: That's the closest I recall to the DoJ request.

Vivek is not fringe? :laughing-rolling:

Judge Lamberth wasn't buying it, and sentenced Hostetter to almost exactly what the government asked for....

My point. Great minds . . .

Royce Lamberth was appointed by Ronald Reagan.
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Pssst, Alan, I wouldn't brag about being a police chief if I were you. Buh-bye.

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MAGAts aren't very smart:

Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller sentenced to 36 months of probation for role in Capitol riot
Federal prosecutors had recommended 10 months in prison.

... Keller, 41, was also sentenced to six months of home detention and will have to perform 10 hours of community service every month.

The two-time gold-medalist -- who was one of the first Jan. 6 riot defendants to plead guilty to a felony -- was seen in videos wearing a Team USA jacket in the Capitol rotunda surrounded by other members of the pro-Donald Trump mob.

Jocks aren't necessarily smart, either.

Keller was indicted on seven federal counts in the weeks following the attack, but in a deal reached with prosecutors he pleaded guilty to only a single count of obstructing an official proceeding, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail....

Prosecutors argued to the court Friday that probation would "send a message to the public you can do this and not get punished."

The defense countered that Keller had spent the last three years "suffering" on pre-trial detention and noted that now he is a convicted felon for his actions. His attorney argued that Keller "spent years atoning for his actions" and had been a "flawless probationer."

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Judge Richard Leon said this wasn't a "one size fits all case" and there was "no question that [Keller] was remorseful." The defendant's cooperation with the government was also mentioned at length during Friday's hearing.

"If there was ever a case for probation, this is it," Leon said.

Richard J. Leon was appointed by Shrub.

... Keller apologized for his actions in a lengthy letter to Leon dated Jan. 23, 2023, which he described as a "way to better understand who I am beyond my bad choices on that terrible day" when deliberating the sentence.

"I stand before you feeling ashamed and profoundly embarrassed," Keller wrote in the letter. "On January 6, 2021, I unlawfully entered the United States Capitol Building and demonstrated without permission. I am ashamed to admit that I wanted to interrupt and influence Congress's certification of the Electoral College vote."

"As a former member of the United States Olympic Swimming Team, my behavior set a terrible example for young people who looked up to me," he continued. "I take full responsibility for my inexcusable actions. I will accept my punishment with humility and serve my sentence in peace."

:thumbup: Fellow Trumpettes thrown under the bus.

... As of Nov. 6, more than 1,200 people have been charged for crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot, according to the Department of Justice.

GoDoJGo!

MAGAts aren't very smart:

Shirtless Donald Trump as ‘Rocky Balboa’ Cellphone Case Outed Jan. 6 Rioter From Texas, Feds Allege
Dana Jean Bell was allegedly seen at the riot carrying a cellphone cover with the distinctive images of the former president as the fictional movie-hero boxer

... Footage from the riot allegedly showed Bell assaulting a local Fox television reporter outside the Capitol and kicking a member of the reporter’s news team who tried to calm her down in “the posterior area,” according to the affidavit.

Will that help or hurt her at sentencing?

... After the riot, three people who knew Bell told investigators she was at the Capitol that day after the FBI issued a so-called “be on the lookout” alert for her, according to the court documents.

Investigators showed the three tipsters an array of photos of Bell, including one of her holding her distinctive cellphone and case, and all of them identified her, according to the court documents.

People who know her don't like her.

Bell was hit with six charges, including assaulting law enforcement, federal prosecutors said. She was released on bond at an initial appearance in the Eastern District of Texas....

:---P Lock her up!

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So presidential "candidate" Verysmarmy says he thinks Jan 6 was an "inside job." Okfine. Who were the "insiders"? Trump was still officially in office at the time, and all his appointees and flunkies were still more or less in their jobs. And so what if somebody in the Capitol Police "let" some of the crowd in? Who were the people they let in? To believe Verysmarmy's story, you'd have to believe that somebody could get a thousand people to pretend to be Trumpers and maintain that story to include accepting a conviction and jail term.

Ah, but if you take "inside job" to mean that Trump and his followers planned and incited a riot and Capitol building invasion, then sure - it was an "inside job.' But somehow I don't think that's what Verysmarmy meant.

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So presidential "candidate" Verysmarmy says he thinks Jan 6 was an "inside job." Okfine. Who were the "insiders"? Trump was still officially in office at the time, and all his appointees and flunkies were still more or less in their jobs. And so what if somebody in the Capitol Police "let" some of the crowd in? Who were the people they let in? To believe Verysmarmy's story, you'd have to believe that somebody could get a thousand people to pretend to be Trumpers and maintain that story to include accepting a conviction and jail term.

Ah, but if you take "inside job" to mean that Trump and his followers planned and incited a riot and Capitol building invasion, then sure - it was an "inside job.' But somehow I don't think that's what Verysmarmy meant.

Stop Making Sense...

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So presidential "candidate" Verysmarmy says he thinks Jan 6 was an "inside job." Okfine. Who were the "insiders"? Trump was still officially in office at the time, and all his appointees and flunkies were still more or less in their jobs. And so what if somebody in the Capitol Police "let" some of the crowd in? Who were the people they let in? To believe Verysmarmy's story, you'd have to believe that somebody could get a thousand people to pretend to be Trumpers and maintain that story to include accepting a conviction and jail term.

Ah, but if you take "inside job" to mean that Trump and his followers planned and incited a riot and Capitol building invasion, then sure - it was an "inside job.' But somehow I don't think that's what Verysmarmy meant.

Stop Making Sense...

Fits like a medium size glove on trump’s tiny hands



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It started as a political protest in the nation’s capital over a disputed election, but it quickly turned into an all-out assault.
Armed right-wing militia and a mob of enraged demonstrators stormed the building where lawmakers had gathered to vote on a new government. The insurrectionists tried to break through the doors to the building where lawmakers met, but riot police stopped them at the barricades. As both sides battled one another on that chilly winter day, frightened lawmakers fled their chambers as the mob called for their hanging. Many people were injured, and some killed.”

“The government survived that attack, but the political battle that followed proved to be more consequential. A committee was formed to investigate the insurrection, but right-leaning politicians rejected its findings and constructed an alternative narrative that cast the insurrectionists as victims of overzealous police and true patriots. No one was really held accountable, and politicians who encouraged or justified the insurrection that day remained in power.”


“In the absence of accountability for the events of February 6, 1934, French democracy was badly weakened. Within six years, it would be dead,” the authors write.
Could the same fate await the US?”

Wait, Whaaaatttt? We’re only a remix?

“A description of the 1934 riot comes midway through “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point,” by Steve Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. Their new book, which argues that the US must reform its Constitution and political institutions because they are dangerously antiquated, offers a chilling postscript to the French insurrection.”

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“A description of the 1934 riot comes midway through “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point,” by Steve Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. Their new book, which argues that the US must reform its Constitution and political institutions because they are dangerously antiquated, offers a chilling postscript to the French insurrection.”

Well damn, good find. I didn't know that.
First the pandemic, now this.

God help us.
History really does tend to repeat itself every hundred years or so.