CEO who threw chair inside Capitol on Jan. 6 gets jail time

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The former chief executive of a tech company in suburban Chicago who lost his job after he threw a chair inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced Friday to 30 days imprisonment.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols also ordered Bradley Rukstales, of Inverness, Illinois, to pay $500 in restitution, court records show.

Rukstales previously acknowledged he stormed the Capitol, threw a chair in the direction of police officers who had been forced to retreat from rioters, was nearby as a melee between officers and rioters broke out and had to be dragged away by officers after he refused to comply with attempts to get him up from the floor.

Though they said the officers weren’t in danger of being hit by the chair, prosecutors said Rukstales’ noncompliance added to the chaos in the Capitol.

Rukstales was forced out as CEO of Cogensia and sold interests in the firm after his participation in the riot became known and the boards of directors for the firm’s clients were ready to cancel contracts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ceo-who-threw-chair-inside-capitol-on-jan-6-gets-jail-time/ar-AAQDPWO

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Guy thought he'd be in Drumpf's Cabinet.

Glad, instead, he’s going to jail.

[Ocelot II]

2. Same judge who got assigned to Steve Bannon's case.

Looks like he's willing to give out jail sentences for misdemeanors...

[Bayard]

3. 30 days and $500

Pffftt! He threw a chair at cops, and missed. The intention is still clear.

[Sherman A1]

5. Agreed

I would be much happier if the lot of them were sent off to Gitmo as domestic terrorists and never heard from again.

[Generic Other]

4. Here he is -- sweating already!

Link to tweet

[irisblue]

7. Aged pale male, with anger issues. How unsurprising

EDITED to add from the HuffPost article
"Federal prosecutors said it took “three officers to effectuate the arrest of Rukstales” and that Rukstales “directly contributed” to law enforcement being overwhelmed because it took “at least three officers to get him under control during a volatile point in the overall attack on the Capitol.”

snip--"...while writing that he didn’t want to get into the details of his political beliefs and ideology.

“It is also fair to say that I was personally frustrated and concerned with our country’s political discourse after the 2020 election,” Rukstales said. “When I learned about the rally on January 6, it seemed to me that momentum was growing, and that the event would be an important constitutional moment in our republic’s history. That is why I came to Washington, D.C. on that day, and brought my family.”

"...Rukstales’ eldest daughter, a teacher in her mid-20s, wrote in a letter to the judge that they “disagree politically” but that he shouldn’t be defined by his actions on Jan. 6.

“I am aware of my father’s charges. I do not condone his actions that have led to those charges. Politically, my father and I are on opposite sides. However, his actions on that day should not taint his character,” his daughter wrote. “In a phone conversation we had the other day, he told me that he believes he got too involved and he has learned how dangerous it is to get too deeply involved in a political movement instead of focusing on the love and service that Christ calls of us.”


His enablers are still supporting and soothing him.

[Swede]

6. So far only the small fries are facing justice.

Eventually they're gonna get to the top.