HAPPENING NOW: MPD Officers Moore and Fanone are addressing Judge Amy Berman Jackson as she prepares to sentence Jan. 6 defendant Kyle Young, who participated in some of the most brutal violence that day at the Capitols' Lower West Terrace Tunnel.
DOJ is recommenting 86 months for Young, who brought his minor son into the melee and handed a taser to another rioter, who used it against Fanone.
Fanone is speaking now, describing the events of the day. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Fanone is speaking now, describing the events of the day. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
YOUNG, addressing the court, turns to Officer Fanone, apologizes and breaks down crying.
"I am so so sorry. And if I could take it back I would."
Turning to the judge, he says, "Whatever you give me as a punishment, I accept."
"I am so so sorry. And if I could take it back I would."
Turning to the judge, he says, "Whatever you give me as a punishment, I accept."
Judge ABJ preparing to deliver her sentence, makes clear she is not going to be lenient. She describes Young's conduct as "some of the darkest acts committed on one of our nation’s darkest days.”
She says he made "a series of deliberate choices to do battle with the officers."
She says he made "a series of deliberate choices to do battle with the officers."
ABJ furiously condemns Young for handing a Taser to Danny Rodriguez, who then used it against Fanone.
"You knew you were handing this weapon to a person with zero knowledge about how to use it. You had to teach him how to turn it on."
"You knew you were handing this weapon to a person with zero knowledge about how to use it. You had to teach him how to turn it on."
ABJ on Young's action toward Fanone: "You can hear his screams on the video. Screams … while he’s begging ‘I have children,' you choose to join in. You aid the others around you and help to hold him down."
MORE ABJ: "It defies understanding that the presence of your 16-year-old son by your side on Jan. 6 did not inspire you to curb your behavior in the slightest.”
EVEN MORE ABJ: "You were not prosecuted for being a Trump supporter...You are not a political prisoner…You were trying to stopt he singular thing that makes America America, the peaceful transfer of power. That’s what 'Stop the Steal' meant.”
WOW: Judge ABJ with extraordinary criticism of Trump.
"The judiciary … has to make it clear: It is not patriotism, it is not standing up for America to stand up for one man who knows full well that he lost instead of the Constitution he was trying to subvert."
"The judiciary … has to make it clear: It is not patriotism, it is not standing up for America to stand up for one man who knows full well that he lost instead of the Constitution he was trying to subvert."
MORE: ABJ (who has faced her own threats) notes that those investigating Trump are facing unprecedented threats
She says some Republicans and Trump are "cagily predicting or even outright calling for violence in the streets if one of the multiple invsetigations don't go his way"
She says some Republicans and Trump are "cagily predicting or even outright calling for violence in the streets if one of the multiple invsetigations don't go his way"
SENTENCE: ABJ sentences Kyle Young to 86 months in jail, matching the government's recommendation, plus 36 months of supervised release.
NEW: A federal judge rebuked Republican leaders who she said were so fearful of Trump they wouldn't contradict his lies about the election. Some, she said, were "cagily" stoking civil unrest amid ongoing investigations into Trump's conduct.
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