Sentencing at 1:30 for Boyd Camper, who brought his 10-year-old son to D.C. on Jan. 6 but left him outside the Capitol when he went inside. Feds are seeking two months incarceration. 
DOJ: "Camper shared his belief that the protesters were 'set up’… Camper then stated he believed several busloads of Antifa members, escorted by State Police, were brought to the Capitol to wreak havoc.”
"He said he ran his mouth, was in a bad state, and did not want his words used against him. Camper reiterated he was in a military state of mind and felt he implicated himself because he sounded like he was trying to take over the place…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Defense: "the defendant found the president’s words wanting… Though not satisfied with the president’s speech, Mr. Camper still wished to register his disappointment with the results of the election and his distrust of the electoral process.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
"Apart from being prosecuted in a federal criminal case, one that has attracted enormous attention for obvious reasons, and living with the uncertainty defendants experience, he became a pariah in his home state of Montana.”
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly tells Boyd Camper he “surely would’ve been convicted” had he gone to trial.
Judge Kollar-Kotelly tells Camper he participated in an “inexcusable attack on our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power.”
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