Jan. 6 defendant John Lolos is going off on a rant about voter fraud during his sentencing. 
John Lolos: “I see a window, it’s broken, people are going inside, yeah, I went inside, your honor.”
Lolos is going on a pretty batty rant, now claiming that “the smallest police officer I’ve ever seen in my whole life” was encouraging him to come into the Capitol.
He dismisses his agreed upon statement of offense: “We can stick to that version if we want to, your honor."
He dismisses his agreed upon statement of offense: “We can stick to that version if we want to, your honor."
Judge: It seems to me like you’re trying to justify your own actions.
His lawyer tries to talk to him on the side. Lolos doesn’t want to.
Lolos: I want to keep going about this.
Rant continues.
His lawyer tries to talk to him on the side. Lolos doesn’t want to.
Lolos: I want to keep going about this.
Rant continues.
Judge: What made you think you could go in there?
Lolos: I thought that was the designated area that we were going to protest.
Judge: You went in through a broken window to get to a designated protest area?
Lolos: I thought that was the designated area that we were going to protest.
Judge: You went in through a broken window to get to a designated protest area?
Lolos is now talking about getting kicked off of the plane on his way home.
Lolos says reporters have ruined his life. “I’ll get to that in a little bit."
Lolos says reporters have ruined his life. “I’ll get to that in a little bit."
John Lolos is complaining that the feds say he was wearing the same shirt at Jan. 6 v. the airport, he claims he wasn’t. (It looks like he was.)
Judge is cutting him off, 30 more seconds.
Judge is cutting him off, 30 more seconds.
Prosecutor: John Lolos has pretty much summed up why he needs to be locked up.
“If something happens again regarding alleged voter fraud, I would proffer that he’s going to do it again.”
Lolos: "I am deterred… My life is completely ruined."
“If something happens again regarding alleged voter fraud, I would proffer that he’s going to do it again.”
Lolos: "I am deterred… My life is completely ruined."
Judge is taking a few minutes to make his decision, Lolos gets in a final rant.
“I plead for mercy and leniency.”
“I plead for mercy and leniency.”
John Lolos rant started off with complaints about supposed voter fraud in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit.
Judge Mehta has returned to the bench.
Judge Mehta has returned to the bench.
Judge to Lolos: You are a pawn. You are a pawn in a game run by people who know better.
Judge says the people who told the lies aren’t the ones suffering the consequences.
Judge says the people who told the lies aren’t the ones suffering the consequences.
Full story here: huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
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