Also today: Sentencing for Jan. 6 defendant Annie Howell.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1496865047406120960
"After re-educating myself and abiding by the terms of my pre-trial and advice of my attorney, I have learned so much and have grown to regret my actions that day even more so.”
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1496975692818530312
Annie Howell’s sentencing hearing is underway.
DOJ prosecutor says a probation-only sentence “would be a true outlier” given the defendant’s culpability.
DOJ prosecutor says a probation-only sentence “would be a true outlier” given the defendant’s culpability.
DOJ attorney says incarceration is necessary “to prevent the next temper-tantrum by any group from turning into a riot."
Howell “cheered for the invaders” while watching the “medieval battle,” DOJ says.
Defense attorney Heather Shaner is up, and she starts quoting from Biden’s speech last night. But Shaner is having problems with her Zoom connection.
(As a side note, one of the potential jurors in the Guy Reffitt trial happened to know Shaner, because D.C. is a small town.)
(As a side note, one of the potential jurors in the Guy Reffitt trial happened to know Shaner, because D.C. is a small town.)
Meanwhile, Annie Howell tells the court she’s “embarrassed and ashamed” by her actions on Jan. 6.
“Unfortunately I wasn’t educated in all areas,” Howell said. “I was easily swayed and easily manipulated, and I am ashamed by my role."
“Unfortunately I wasn’t educated in all areas,” Howell said. “I was easily swayed and easily manipulated, and I am ashamed by my role."
Howell, crying, says she’s watched countless hours of Jan. 6 footage.
“I really just wanted to be there to witness history,” Howell said. “I never imagined what would have happened that day.”
It wasn’t until the Jan. 6 committee hearings that she realized the full impact.
“I really just wanted to be there to witness history,” Howell said. “I never imagined what would have happened that day.”
It wasn’t until the Jan. 6 committee hearings that she realized the full impact.
Howell says she’s “not the same person” as she was last year.
“I feel betrayed by the former president,” Howell said.
Says she agreed with seditious conspiracy charges against other defendants.
Calls Jan. 6 one of the saddest days in history.
“I feel betrayed by the former president,” Howell said.
Says she agreed with seditious conspiracy charges against other defendants.
Calls Jan. 6 one of the saddest days in history.
Howell has stopped watching Newsmax, OANN, and Fox News. She changed her voter registration status to independent from Republican.
Howell says she fears for what will happen after the 2024 election.
Howell says she fears for what will happen after the 2024 election.
Judge Thomas F. Hogan says he’s concerned what happens to Howell’s child if he sentences her to a long period of incarceration.
Judge Hogan said people are “trying to mislead” people about the Capitol attack.
“Jan. 6 was an insurrection that was probably the worst thing that’s happened to our democratic way of life in our history except for the War of 1812,” Hogan says.
“Jan. 6 was an insurrection that was probably the worst thing that’s happened to our democratic way of life in our history except for the War of 1812,” Hogan says.
Judge Hogan said it was difficult to find a historic comparison to what happened on Jan. 6.
He’s going to try to sentence Annie Howell to 36 months probation, but with 60 days of intermittent confinement at her local jail, to be served in 10 day segments.
He’s going to try to sentence Annie Howell to 36 months probation, but with 60 days of intermittent confinement at her local jail, to be served in 10 day segments.
More from Hogan today:
“There’s no question in my mind that you joined a group that attempted to overthrow the government."
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“There’s no question in my mind that you joined a group that attempted to overthrow the government."
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