Judge Emmet G. Sullivan would've thrown Michael Flynn in jail, if not for Trump saving him...
so I'd bet he'll throw the book at these criminals.
4 convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol west terrace tunnel attacks on police
The Lower West Terrace was the site of some of the worst violence, as officers dug in against a surging mob
By Rachel Weiner and Spencer S. Hsu
Four men were convicted Tuesday of assaulting or impeding police officers in some of the most violent attacks in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol, including a case in which one D.C. officer was pinned to a door and another in which an officer was dragged down steps and beaten with poles and sticks.
Three of the men were convicted at a bench trial in front of U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden but had other counts against them dropped, making McFadden the first federal judge in Washington to acquit members of the mob of felony charges. He found that while all three battled police, only one was clearly intending to obstruct Congress as it met to confirm President Biden’s election victory.
In a separate case, a fourth man pleaded guilty to assault.
The Lower West Terrace of the Capitol was the site of some of the worst violence on Jan. 6, as police dug in against the mob unaware that other Capitol entrances were already breached. Officers testified at trial about a slow and steady advance of rioters that they managed to thwart at heavy cost over 2½ hours. They suffered bruises, concussions and fractured bones; one was forced into medical retirement.
Patrick E. McCaughey III of Ridgefield, Conn., used a riot shield to pin D.C. police officer Daniel Hodges to the tunnel door, McFadden found, and hit another officer in the hand. Tristan C. Stevens of Pensacola, Fla., tried to engage the group in coordinated pushes, and personally shoved Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell with another riot shield. David Mehaffie of Kettering, Ohio, directed members of the mob in and out of the tunnel.
All three argued that they were merely trapped between violent protesters and police, an argument McFadden dismissed as “implausible.”
The defendants “knew what was happening,” he said, and were part of “shocking violence … no police officer should have had to endure.”
Separately on Tuesday, Jack Wade Whitton of Locust Grove, Ga., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to assaulting police with a dangerous weapon at the same Capitol entrance about an hour later. He admitted to throwing kicks, punches and objects, telling police, “You’re going to die tonight,” and dragging a D.C. officer identified as B.M. down the stairs to be beaten by other rioters.
Whitton, 32, faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison at sentencing on March 6 before Sullivan, or roughly five to eight years based on federal sentencing guidelines as set in a plea agreement.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/09/13/tunnel-hodges-jan6-capitol-verdict/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9/14/22%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM
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