Judge James Boasberg will sentence Jan. 6 defendant Gary Edwards next hour. The government wants 14 days behind bars for the 68-year-old who entered the personal office of Senator Jeff Merkley. 
Gary Edwards spoke to the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack in October, according to his attorney.
He plans to address the court at sentencing.
He plans to address the court at sentencing.
Gary Edwards’ wife Lynn Edwards is addressing the court, and addressing her Facebook posts.
“I expressed myself off the cuff without much thought.”
Says she watched “a conservative news station, OAN” on Jan. 6.
“I expressed myself off the cuff without much thought.”
Says she watched “a conservative news station, OAN” on Jan. 6.
Lynn Edwards says she made her husband watch the New York Times documentary months after Jan. 6.
“It was a terrible day in the history of our country,” she says.
“It was a terrible day in the history of our country,” she says.
Lynn Edwards: He has taken full responsibility and has apologized to me time and time again.
She says she would have kept him from entering if she was on the ground at the Capitol on Jan. 6. She says “curiosity” got the best of him.
She says she would have kept him from entering if she was on the ground at the Capitol on Jan. 6. She says “curiosity” got the best of him.
Gary Edwards is addressing the court.
“I am ashamed to be here,” he says, adding that his actions have caused lasting damage to his family.
“I am ashamed to be here,” he says, adding that his actions have caused lasting damage to his family.
Gary Edwards said he came to D.C. on a bus to show his support for Trump and to pray for the country. He says he left the Trump speech when the former president was still speaking because he had trouble seeing and hearing. He ate lunch near the Capitol, and then followed the mob.
Gary Edwards: I had no business going into the Capitol or the senator’s office. I know now that doing so is a crime.
People who engaged in property damage and violence should be prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law,” Gary Edwards says.
After expressing regret about the impact on his family, Gary Edwards says that he also regrets that his actions reflected poorly on former President Trump. So he hasn’t made the pivot that others have at sentencing.
Judge Boasberg says he agrees that this is one of the more minor Jan. 6 cases he’s seen, and thinks that Gary Edwards was “almost sheepish” in appearance in video in Sen. Merkley’s office.
“I’m not going to give you any jail time,” Boasberg said, but calls DOJ’s ask reasonable.
“I’m not going to give you any jail time,” Boasberg said, but calls DOJ’s ask reasonable.
Boasberg will impose a $2,500 fine, and require 200 hours of community service with another organization besides the food pantry where Gary Edwards already volunteers. One year of probation as well.
Fine is on top of restitution of $500.
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