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LurkerNoMore:
Was it worth it?  A year of your life gone, a record against you, all for a lie?

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Louisville man sentenced over role in 2021 US Capitol insurrection.

A Louisville man will spend just over a year behind bars for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a release from the FBI.

Roger Kent Baugh, who pleaded guilty in October 2021 to charges of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months and one day in prison, along with 24 months of supervised release and a $2,000 restitution penalty, the FBI statement said. His sentencing ruling came from U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg.

Baugh, the FBI said, illegally entered the Capitol grounds on the day of the riot in Washington, D.C., alongside Mark Mazza, a friend from Shelbyville, Indiana who was armed with a gun. The bureau's release said Baugh, 51, entered a tunnel leading to the Capitol Building at one point and "assisted other rioters who were pushing against the officers," applying physical pressure on Capitol Police officers to get them out of the way.

Baugh returned for a second effort after retreating, the FBI release said, before leaving the tunnel at about 3:18 p.m., nearly 30 minutes after he had initially moved up a staircase to the West Front Terrace.

Baugh later lied about entering the tunnel area in separate interviews with the FBI and with the Assistant U.S. Attorney and Capitol Police, according to the release.

Mazza also pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon and carrying a pistol without a license, according to the FBI, and was sentenced last October to 60 months in prison.

Baugh and Mazza are among more that 950 people who have been arrested over the Jan. 6 riot, which took place in the immediate aftermath of former President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally. Many attendees of that rally, held to protest the results of the 2020 presidential race, later attempted to disrupt Congress as its members met to certify the results of the election.

At least 20 Kentucky residents have been charged over the insurrection, as well as a West Virginia resident who was attending the University of Kentucky at the time.
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LurkerNoMore:
Falling like a house of cards.

GOOD TIMES!!!

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Sarasota Oath Keeper convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

A Sarasota man was one of four Oath Keepers found guilty Monday for his actions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack aimed at stopping the peaceful transfer of presidential power to President Joe Biden.

Joseph Hackett, 52, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and four other charges in a trial against members of the right-wing militia group, according to reporting by USA Today.

Hackett was found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to prevent members of Congress from discharging their official duties and destruction of evidence, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release...

Seditious conspiracy occurs when a group of people conspire to "overthrow, put down or to destroy by force" the U.S. government or bring war against it, or plot to use force to oppose the authority of the government or to block the execution of a law.

Four of the five charges carry a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, according to the news release. The charges also carry potential financial penalties.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta is expected to schedule a sentencing hearing at a later date, the news release stated.

"Today’s verdict is an important step in our continued efforts to hold criminally accountable those involved in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a news release. “We will continue to investigate those who sought to undermine the workings of American democracy and we will work closely with federal prosecutors to ensure justice is served.”

Monday's verdict follows the November 2022 seditious conspiracy conviction of Oath Keepers leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and another member of the group.

According to earlier reporting by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Hackett was among a group of Oath Keepers who was dressed in paramilitary gear and breached the Capitol in a "stack" formation. Hackett, a chiropractor, was believed by federal authorities to have been involved in planning the operation, according to previous reporting.

During the six-week trial, prosecutors argued that the four Oath Keepers, along with others, planned and coordinated to travel to Washington D.C. to storm the Capitol and stop the certification of the 2020 election results, according to the news release.

Defense attorneys for the Oath Keepers argued the government "cherry-picked" evidence to make the defendants look as guilty as possible, according to the USA Today article.

When the indictment for Hackett was released in January 2022, the Herald-Tribune reported Hackett had participated in an online meeting convened by Rhodes on Nov. 9, 2020. Following that meeting, Hackett and other Florida Oath Keepers trained on "unconventional warfare."

The indictment also stated that Hackett was among a group of members in early January 2021 who transported weapons and other items to Washington D.C., according to previous Herald-Tribune reporting.

Hackett was arrested in June 2021 and charged with conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, aiding and abetting, destruction of government property, and illegally entering a restricted building or grounds.
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LurkerNoMore:
Say it ain't so Bigo.

Well, bye-bye Bigo I suppose.  8 all counts went down on you.  Now you will probably lose everything you have.  (Which isn't much.)

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Jury convicts man who propped his feet on desk in Pelosi's office on Jan. 6.

An Arkansas man who famously was photographed putting his feet up on a desk inside then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was convicted on eight counts by a Washington jury on Monday, the Justice Department said.

The guilty verdict against Richard "Bigo" Barnett came just a few days after he took the stand in his own defense - a risky move that has sometimes backfired for other defendants charged in connection with the Capitol riot.

Barnett, 62, of Gravette, Ark., was among one of the earliest people to be arrested after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory.

A photo of him with his feet propped up on a desk in Pelosi's office went viral in the days following the attack.

In a media interview after the attack, he was quoted as saying: "I put a quarter on her desk even though she ain’t fucking worth it. And I left her a note on her desk that says 'Nancy, Bigo was here, you Bitch.'"

He also took an envelope from the desk that was addressed to another member of Congress and digitally signed by Pelosi.

The jury convicted Barnett of eight crimes, including theft of government property and obstructing an official proceeding. Obstruction of an official proceeding can carry up to 20 years in prison.

In his testimony, Barnett acknowledged he behaved badly, but insisted he did not understand that Congress was certifying the electoral votes, and he claimed he did not realize he was in a restricted area, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In explaining the famous photograph, he told the jury: “That’s how I sit at my desk at home,” the newspaper reported.

LurkerNoMore:
6 years.  "oh boy....lol"

The $7,000 is the hardest part.  46 isn't a good age to be job hunting.   ;D

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Mississippi Coast man sentenced for attacking multiple police officers in US Capitol riot.

A Mississippi Coast man was sentenced to more than six year sin prison for assaulting law enforcement during the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C.

James McGrew, of Biloxi, took part in the breach of the Capitol and “engaged in a series of confrontations with law enforcement officers,” court documents say.

The 40-year-old “was part of a crowd that overwhelmed law enforcement officers attempting to prevent rioters from advancing further on the restricted grounds,” according to the press release. “He proceeded to an area outside the Upper West Terrace doors to the Capitol Building. He shot video of the scene, shouting ‘let’s go’ approximately 14 times, and ‘we took this thing.’”

Once inside at 2:45 p.m., McGrew — who also briefly lived in California — moved to the Rotunda where he pushed one officer and struck another as law enforcement tried to clear rioters out of Capitol building, court documents say.

Two minutes after that, the press release says, McGrew struck another officer and lunged for his baton.

McGrew and others were forced out of the building at 3:22 p.m., but he then joined others in an attack as officers attempted to clear the Lower West Terrance tunnel entrance to the Capitol.

Less than hour later, McGrew threw a wooden handrail with metal brackets attached down the tunnel, striking an officer. McGrew and the other rioters gained access to the tunnel after pushing through more officers, but they were pushed out by 4:20 p.m., according to the release.

McGrew was arrested in Arizona on May 21, 2021, and he pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impending officers on May 13, 2022.

In addition to his prison sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell ordered 36 months of supervised release, a $5,000 fine and $2,000 in restitution.

McGrew was arrested on May 28, 2021, in Glendale, Arizona.
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LurkerNoMore:
Who's the bitch now, bitch?

Good times!!!
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Capitol rioter who yelled threats toward Pelosi convicted of felony, misdemeanor charges.

A woman who yelled threats directed at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as she and others stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was found guilty Tuesday of multiple charges related to her actions that day.

A release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia states that Pauline Bauer, a 55-year-old resident of Kane, Pa., was convicted of nearly half a dozen charges for her role in the insurrection, including obstruction of an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building, and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden also found her guilty of disorderly and disruptive conduct in any of the Capitol buildings with intent to impede, disrupt and disturb a session of Congress and parading, demonstrating and picketing in a Capitol building.

Evidence from the U.S. attorney’s office shows Bauer illegally entered the Capitol and said just before 3 p.m. on Jan. 6 “words to the effect of ‘This is where we find Nancy Pelosi,’” according to the release.

She was about 30 feet from the Speaker’s office when she said, “Bring that f—— b—- out here now. Bring her out. Bring her out here. We’re coming in if you don’t bring her out here.”

Bauer also pushed a Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police officer and yelled expletives and “You back up. Don’t even try” when he tried to get her to leave an area of the Capitol that he was guarding.

Officers later removed Bauer from the Capitol Rotunda.

She was later arrested in May 2021 in Pennsylvania.

She could face up to 20 years in prison and financial penalties for the obstruction of an official proceeding charge, which is a felony. The other charges, which are misdemeanors, carry a maximum of three years imprisonment in total and financial penalties.

Her sentencing is scheduled for May 1.

The release states that more than 950 people have been arrested in almost all 50 states for crimes related to the Capitol insurrection, and more than 280 people have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
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