BREAKING: Judge Tanya Chutkan sentences Brandon Miller to 20 days behind bars. Stephanie Miller gets 14 days incarceration.
DOJ had asked for home confinement.
“They climbed through a broken window,” Chutkan emphasizes. “I’m not sure there’s any remorse."
“There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government beyond sitting at home,” Judge Tanya Chutkan previously said. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Judge Chutkan said Brandon Miller came to D.C. to "help a political faction,” not to "help the country.”
Judge Chutkan today: The country is watching. There have to be consequences for participating in an attempt to overthrow the government.
As she normally does, Judge Chutkan tells the Millers they are not the worst thing they’ve ever done.
She tells them to show their child that people can lead productive lives after making mistakes.
Judge Chutkan: “This was not sightseeing, a protest gone awry. This was a call to arms by individuals who felt that because their party lost the election, they were not prepared to accept the results."
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Sentencing underway for Jan. 6 defendant Gracyn Courtright, who is present in the courtroom with her family. They took COVID tests two days ago, and took rapid tests today. (The family wasn’t vaccinated.)
Gracyn Courtright’s attorney told the court she didn’t vote in 2020. Defense team wants 30 days incarceration. DOJ wants six months. Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds has a one-year maximum. huffpost.com/entry/gracyn-c…
Prosecutor said it was “extremely likely” they would have gone for the felony had they discovered footage of Courtright on the floor of the Senate before her misdemeanor guilty plea.
Jan. 6 defendant Andrew Hatley tells the court that going into the Capitol building wasn’t right, and suggests he regrets coming to D.C. at all. Said he got acclimated to the crowd as he got closer to the building. Sentencing forthcoming.
Judge Thomas Hogan notes Hatley went through a broken window, and knew it was a chaotic scene, but also notes he didn’t steal anything or fight police.
Hogan indicates he thinks Hatley’s remorse is sincere, notes Hatley’s lack of criminal history and his work ethic.
Judge Hogan says he thinks that being arrested and that the “social embarrassment” of being charged has a deterrent effect.
The FBI has arrested Jan. 6 defendant Avery MacCracken, and the feds are once again crediting @SeditionHunters. #CoveredDragon
Court records don’t yet reflect DOJ’s position on the question of whether the court should, until trial, release MacCracken.
"MacCracken punched Officer J.G. with his closed fist in the right cheek, causing a cut to the face under his right eye. Officer J.G. took a selfie-pic of his injuries and provided self-aid; he did not seek other medical care.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
The arrest warrant indicates that the defendant was arrested Saturday, which suggests that a local federal magistrate judge may have already released MacCracken.
"The lie that the election was stolen and illegitimate is still being perpetrated… Worse, it’s become heresy for a member of the [former] president’s party to say otherwise.”
“Canceling out the votes of others at the point of a gun is the utter anthesis of what America stands for. It is the definition of tyranny and of authoritarianism.” huffpost.com/entry/qanon-tr…
In an exercise of her discretion, Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced the QAnon believer to 28 months in prison, and recommend he serve somewhere where he could get “intensive” mental health treatment. huffpost.com/entry/qanon-tr…