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Source: Associated Press
Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
August 14, 2022
Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot, using it as a platform to drum up cash, promote business endeavors and boost social media profiles.
A Nevada man jailed on riot charges asked his mother to contact publishers for a book he was writing about the Capitol incident. A rioter from Washington state helped his father hawk clothes and other merchandise bearing slogans such as Our House and images of the Capitol building. A Virginia man released a rap album with riot-themed songs and a cover photograph of him sitting on a police vehicle outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Those actions are sometimes complicating matters for defendants when they face judges at sentencing as prosecutors point to the profit-chasing activities in seeking tougher punishments. The Justice Department, in some instances, is trying to claw back money that rioters have made off the insurrection.
In one case, federal authorities have seized tens of thousands of dollars from a defendant who sold his footage from Jan. 6. In another case, a Florida mans plea deal allows the U.S. government to collect profits from any book he gets published over the next five years. And prosecutors want a Maine man who raised more than $20,000 from supporters to surrender some of the money because a taxpayer-funded public defender is representing him.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-social-media-8161eb5c4e8ae53d8a5b821fd650962c
scarletlib
(3,411 posts)The American people for the tax dollars we had to spend to repair the damages to the Capitol.
chowder66
(9,069 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Karadeniz
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(33,346 posts)Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)EnergizedLib
(1,895 posts)Just like there are Son of Sam laws, give these people the Son of Sam treatment.