Posted on Jul 19, 2021
Man faces 1st sentencing for felony in riot at US Capitol
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A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar cases.
Prosecutors want Paul Allard Hodgkins to serve 18 months behind bars, saying in a recent filing that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” by forcing lawmakers to temporarily abandon their certification of Joe Biden’s election victory and to scramble for shelter from incoming mobs.
Video footage shows Hodgkins, 38, wearing a Trump 2020 T-shirt, the flag flung over his shoulder and eye goggles around his neck inside the Senate. He took a selfie with a self-described shaman in a horned helmet and other rioters on the dais behind him.
His sentencing Monday in Washington could set the bar for punishments of hundreds of other defendants as they decide whether to accept plea deals or go to trial. Hodgkins and others are accused of serious crimes but were not indicted, as other were, for roles in larger conspiracies.
A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar cases.
Prosecutors want Paul Allard Hodgkins to serve 18 months behind bars, saying in a recent filing that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” by forcing lawmakers to temporarily abandon their certification of Joe Biden’s election victory and to scramble for shelter from incoming mobs.
Video footage shows Hodgkins, 38, wearing a Trump 2020 T-shirt, the flag flung over his shoulder and eye goggles around his neck inside the Senate. He took a selfie with a self-described shaman in a horned helmet and other rioters on the dais behind him.
His sentencing Monday in Washington could set the bar for punishments of hundreds of other defendants as they decide whether to accept plea deals or go to trial. Hodgkins and others are accused of serious crimes but were not indicted, as other were, for roles in larger conspiracies.
Man faces 1st sentencing for felony in riot at US Capitol
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
1SG (Join to see) I'm All for Hammering Him! Unfortunately, Fortunately for Him, I Suspect He has Cut a Deal, He will Hang Others Out to Dry.
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The defense lawyers are expecting to argue that like Grants actions toward Lee the Court should follow that example. So that means the defense is accepting the stance that this action on Jan. 6 was an attempted overthrow of the government. If I was the judge I would nail him to the wall with the longest possible sentence with no chance of parole.
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So trespassing is now a felony?? No... nothing was stopped... the fake votes were STILL counted... and it's a Constitutional right by the President and Congress to NOT authenticate a vote... there's procedure and everything for it. What they did was utterly stupid, but not felonious. That's just stupid.
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SPC Kevin Ford
SGT Nickolas Ortiz The crime was not trespassing, it was obstructing congressional proceedings. That is a serious crime, particularly when dealing with people who try stop the peaceful transition of power.
Any veterans who entered the Congress that day as part of that mob are a disgrace to their uniform and I hope every one of them rot in jail for betraying everything we swore to defend.
Any veterans who entered the Congress that day as part of that mob are a disgrace to their uniform and I hope every one of them rot in jail for betraying everything we swore to defend.
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