The conspiracy theorist was with Alex Jones on the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6, but never entered the building.
  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
    122·
    10 months ago

    Good, throw the book at him. The very heavy book.

    Also inb4 “it was just a joke bro!!!” Just like the planned kidnappers of Gov Whitmer.

  • Unaware7013@kbin.social
    8·
    10 months ago

    All because the idiot couldn’t be bothered to do less than a weeks worth of community service LOL

    • DarkGamer@kbin.social
      4·
      10 months ago

      Nah, you make them stateless they will use the same tool to go after people they don’t like. We should keep them here and make them accountable and show them consequences like this one.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Then slap them all in there for 40 to life. They did damage that will far outlast any of their names. We are tainted now with this extremist poltergeist. His ilk were the catalysts

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    WASHINGTON — A host of the far-right media outlet InfoWars was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    Prosecutors charged Shroyer because he had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement after interrupting a congressional hearing in 2019 and had agreed as part of that case not to utter “loud, threatening, or abusive language, or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place upon the United States Capitol Grounds.”

    The government sought 120 days of incarceration for Shryoer, saying that while he did not step foot inside the Capitol, “many of those who listened to him” did.Shroyer’s defense team said that the case had been “characterized by a cooperative spirit between the defense and the Government” and asked that he be spared prison time.

    When he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Shroyer “wore two hats: one was that of outraged citizen who believed that an election had been rigged, the other as full-time journalist and commentator who sought a front-row seat at an historic event,” his defense team wrote.

    During Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, Shroyer told the court, “I was not a part of any larger plan for illegal activity or violence that day."

    Shroyer was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who last week sent Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio to federal prison for a record-setting term of 22 years.

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