Thursday, November 11, 2021

Shouldn't the charge be attempting to overturn the election?

“Had you gone to trial, I don’t think there’s any jury that could have acquitted you or would have acquitted you,” Lamberth said, citing clear video evidence of the attack. “You couldn’t have beat this.”

Lamberth, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, also said the sentence should serve as a signal to other rioters to take the chance to plead guilty rather than risk getting even more prison time.

“Wise up,” the judge said.

Fairlamb was one of the first to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, entering through a door that was kicked open shortly after the first wave of rioters entered through a smashed window. He carried a stolen police baton on his way in, though he wasn’t charged with wielding it.

Outside the building, Fairlamb urged other members of the mob forward: “We f----ing disarm them and we storm the Capitol,” he said, an exhortation that was captured on video and played in court. Fairlamb also shouted profanities at officers. Amid the onslaught, he threw a punch that hit a police officer in his face shield.

Three days after the attack, Fairlamb filmed a video celebrating the attack and saying, “They pulled the pin on the grenade, and the blackout is coming. What a time to be a patriot.”

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“That is not Scott Fairlamb,” the defendant said. “That’s not who I am. That’s not who I was raised to be. I truly regret my actions that day.”

  Politico
And you're going to regret them even more after spending more time behind bars.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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