The feds want Traci J. Sunstrum locked up to 14 days. Sentencing is set for Feb. 24.
"Looks like we broke through the gates... We are storming the Capitol building… Haha. The Capitol police tried. I got news for you buddy. You got 70 million pissed off Americans…. We are literally on land that we are not allowed to be on normally, but we said ‘Fuck it’.”
"Taking down barriers! That's right!... They have made it inside. They are going to start tearing down the canvas….Oh, that's pepper gas!”
Probation recommends two years probation, defense wants probation, government wants three months of home detention (and 36 months of probation).
DOJ prosecutor says “home detention is appropriate,” but that there’s not much of a gap between the defense and prosecution here.
William Blauser tells Judge McFadden he’s “very sorry and remorseful” for what he did on Jan. 6, and “learned a very valuable lesson.” He plans to take care of his family, friends and fellow veterans.
75-year-old Navy veteran William Blauser, Jr. will be sentenced in his Jan. 6 case at 10 a.m.
DOJ noted that Blauser "restrained his fellow rioter, Pauline Bauer, twice when she very aggressively confronted police officers in the Rotunda and demanded that someone be hanged."
DOJ: "This is the rare case where the mitigating factors of the defendant’s age, poor health and military service in Viet Nam counsel strongly against a sentence of incarceration.”
William Blauser, Jr.: "I was caught up in something that I truly regret. If I had a chance to redeem myself, I would certainly do that in a heartbeat. I made a terrible choice on that day to enter the Capitol… All I can do is sincerely apologize…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
“A lot of things about what they do and how they do it were discussed, as long as they weren't specific to November, December 2020 or January 2021… I'm sure they were most interested in the stuff that criminal lawyers wouldn't let him answer.”
"The defendant explained to a friend that the fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election was so obvious, even a caveman would know the election was stolen.” nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
"He was not forced into the line by other rioters, and his conduct was not involuntary, an accident, or a mistake.” nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Prosecutor says that while Sizer's criminal conduct was "minimal" in comparison to other rioters, it's clear that Sizer "wanted to breach the Capitol" and knew that the certification of the electoral college vote was happening inside. DOJ says she lied to the FBI.
Defense: “Jan. 6 is an embarrassment to her… she’s going to have a criminal record, she’s going to have some reprecussions… She’s embarrassed… She’s deterred, this is never going to happen again with Ms. Sizer.”
Julia Sizer tells the court she turned around after entering the Capitol.
“What am I doing?” she says she asked herself, and left DC sick to her stomach.
“I’m just ashamed… I’ve embarrassed myself, my family, friends… I’m just really ashamed… I don’t want it to define me."