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Source: Associated Press
Feds seek 8-year prison term for officer who stormed Capitol
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
August 5, 2022
Federal prosecutors are recommending an eight-year prison sentence for an off-duty Virginia police officer who was convicted by a jury of storming the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Bidens 2020 electoral victory.
Former Rocky Mount Police Sgt. Thomas Robertson used his law enforcement training to block police officers who were trying to protect the Capitol from a mobs attack on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday supporting their sentencing recommendation.
Instead of using his training and power to promote the public good, he attempted to overthrow the government, they wrote.
An eight-year prison sentence would be the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The lengthiest so far is seven years and three months for Guy Reffitt, a Texas man who attacked the Capitol while armed with a holstered handgun.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-prisons-virginia-816ccbcaacd0a1a613eb77cdc8df66fd
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Botany
(70,567 posts)I believe his partner has flopped om him.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,407 posts)crickets
(25,982 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,812 posts)traitor, though, and he will have a lot of time to think about how stupid he was to buy into the Orange Toadstools bullshit.