Sentencing hearing underway now.
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Nicholas Perretta “had a difficult struggle” because he graduated during the pandemic, his court-appointed attorney says.
She notes that she’s participated in demonstrations herself.
“It does sometimes get away from you,” she says.
She notes that she’s participated in demonstrations herself.
“It does sometimes get away from you,” she says.
Perretta’s lawyer notes that none of the people who spread the lies about the stolen election are facing consequences, yet her client is facing jail.
“There’s something off” about that, Carmen Hernandez says.
“There’s something off” about that, Carmen Hernandez says.
Perretta to the judge:
“I apologize for my actions on Jan. 6… I’ve embarrassed myself and my family, and I know that.”
Apologies specifically to the Capitol police and the families who lost someone that day.
“I apologize for my actions on Jan. 6… I’ve embarrassed myself and my family, and I know that.”
Apologies specifically to the Capitol police and the families who lost someone that day.
“I’ve learned a valuable lesson from this experience,” says Mitchell Vukich. He says he was trying to help his friend relieve some stress after being locked down. “I wanted to get out of the house and do something with him,” he says. 
Some background on how these cases have played out before Judge Tanya Chutkan before: huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Judge Chutkan: This was a violent attempted overthrow of the government, and it almost succeeded.
Judge Chutkan: I can’t just go by the words that the defendants are giving me, the words their lawyers are giving me, I’m going by their actions.
Judge Chutkan is astonished by the fact that the defendants would brag about smoking a blunt in the Capitol when they were aware that lawmakers were in an underground bunker because of their presence.
Judge Chutkan: There’s no mob without a crowd. This mob wouldn’t have gotten as far as it did without them.
Judge Chutkan: I can tell you that there are many people that I see in my courtroom all the time who — were they in that position — would have been lying there shot on the floor.
Judge Chutkan says the defendants walked into the Capitol with a sense of entitlement.
Chutkan: You’ve had privileges that many people who come before me don’t have.
Chutkan: You’ve had privileges that many people who come before me don’t have.
Judge Chutkan: Every day we’re hearing about cracks that this riot has created in our democracy. More people who believe that this wasn’t a big deal.
Judge Chutkan: I cannot see how a lengthy period of probation or even home incarceration would be a deterrent.
NEW: Mitchell Paul Vukich and Nicholas J. Perretta each get 30 days behind bars.
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