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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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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"not indicted, as other were, for roles in larger conspiracies."
Could still happen.
This should set the precedent. I hope the punishment fits the crime, a very serious one.
This also means the man will be a convicted felon and must surrender any firearms he owns, though I doubt he will.
All of those that were involved must be made to understand the seriousness of their actions. Personal responsibility!
Could still happen.
This should set the precedent. I hope the punishment fits the crime, a very serious one.
This also means the man will be a convicted felon and must surrender any firearms he owns, though I doubt he will.
All of those that were involved must be made to understand the seriousness of their actions. Personal responsibility!
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SGT Nickolas Ortiz
What exactly did he "do", but trespassed? Seriously... no one, except a female, was killed... and that was by a Police Officer not held accountable. From reports, the FBI knew what was going to happen and when, and there are video of Capital Police escorting people into the Chambers... so, exactly was was so horrific?
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MSG Stan Hutchison
SGT Nickolas Ortiz - When a MOB storms our Capitol Building calling to "lynch the Vice President" and to "shut down the certification process" and searching for our Congressional Representatives, that is a dire threat to our Republic.
I feel sorry that you cannot see the threat. Far too many are reacting as you are, which again puts our Republic in danger.
I feel sorry that you cannot see the threat. Far too many are reacting as you are, which again puts our Republic in danger.
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SGT Nickolas Ortiz
So you're saying you take your info from Facebook. Got it.
No... they shut nothing down... the fake votes were still counted. NO.. there was no "searching for Congressional Representatives", the cowered in fear and left before things got to that point... and NO, they were NOT a "dire threat to our Republic"... you lied about that one... if you in fact ACTALLY believed there was something to fear about a threat to our Republic, then you would NOT be a Democrat... you COULD NOT support this president or the current majority in Congress... you would NOT speak out against Citizens voicing their grievances to our Government... they have that right. By Pelousy, actively, locking down Capital Hill in the aftermath of that protest, she effectively denied OUR right to air those grievances to OUR Congressional Representatives in OUR National Capital... if you are not upset about that, then you have no standing in your "outrage"...
No... they shut nothing down... the fake votes were still counted. NO.. there was no "searching for Congressional Representatives", the cowered in fear and left before things got to that point... and NO, they were NOT a "dire threat to our Republic"... you lied about that one... if you in fact ACTALLY believed there was something to fear about a threat to our Republic, then you would NOT be a Democrat... you COULD NOT support this president or the current majority in Congress... you would NOT speak out against Citizens voicing their grievances to our Government... they have that right. By Pelousy, actively, locking down Capital Hill in the aftermath of that protest, she effectively denied OUR right to air those grievances to OUR Congressional Representatives in OUR National Capital... if you are not upset about that, then you have no standing in your "outrage"...
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