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Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison
AOL - AP ^ | August 29th, 2022 | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and NATHAN ELLGREN

Posted on 08/29/2022 2:32:49 PM PDT by shadowlands1960

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as his armed security detail led the New York Democrat to safety.

Joshua Pruitt, 40, was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-to-face with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, according to federal prosecutors.

“One look at Pruitt, and the leader of Senator Schumer’s security detail immediately saw the threat and hustled the 70-year-old senator down a hallway, having to change their evacuation route on a dime,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis Loeb wrote in a court filing ahead of Monday's hearing.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Pruitt to four years and seven months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, according to Bill Miller, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.

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TOPICS: Government; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 3rdworld; alexisloeb; americanhero; banarepublic; chuckschemer; chuckschumer; federalistsociety; j6hero; mcconnelljudge; mcconnellstooge; sheckychewsmore; stayoutdaswamp; thegrifterking; timothyjkelly; timothykelly; trumpjudge; turtlejudge; turtlestooge
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Rand was attacked from behind

It was attempted murder


21 posted on 08/29/2022 2:59:54 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: shadowlands1960

What would they have done? Given Chuckie a noogie?


22 posted on 08/29/2022 3:00:45 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: shadowlands1960
Joshua Pruitt, 40, pleaded guilty in June to obstruction of an official proceeding after he was caught on video joining a mob pursuing police officers and smashing a sign inside the U.S. Capitol. Two U.S. Capitol Police officers wrote victim impact statements urging U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly to give Pruitt a severe sentence.

Ultimately, Kelly imposed a sentence that fell a few months short of the five years prosecutors had requested.

NBC: Proud Boy sentenced to 4.5 years in prison in Jan. 6 case, still says election was stolen

23 posted on 08/29/2022 3:01:46 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: shadowlands1960

This is insane. How does he only get 4 years?? Should be hanged.


24 posted on 08/29/2022 3:04:17 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Falconspeed
Please go talk to a few members of the Proud Boys, thank them for being veterans…

What makes you think Proud Boys are veterans?

25 posted on 08/29/2022 3:05:07 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: skeeter
This guy got four years because Schumer “saw” him? Sounds like justice to me.

In a democracy, people have a right to confront their elected representatives.

Oligarchs, of course, are protected from brushing against the great unwashed masses.

26 posted on 08/29/2022 3:06:39 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: shadowlands1960

27 posted on 08/29/2022 3:08:16 PM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” )
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To: Eagles6

Well the man is standing on a Black Lives Matter sign, does that make him a far-right extremist or a civil rights activist?


28 posted on 08/29/2022 3:11:37 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: shadowlands1960

What happened to the rioters that harassed and threatened Rand Paul and his wife?


29 posted on 08/29/2022 3:17:57 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: jacknhoo

I think we know the answer to that.


30 posted on 08/29/2022 3:18:44 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: shadowlands1960
Timothy Kelly is a McConnell stooge who got in with a 94 to 2 confirmation vote.

"NXIVM Vixen" Gillibrand and Pocahontas were the only ones who voted against him.

31 posted on 08/29/2022 3:19:42 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: fruser1

I’m guessing the dime was actually $300B+ dollar bail out marker.


32 posted on 08/29/2022 3:47:14 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: shadowlands1960

Pruitt is a hero.

We should rename bc streets in schools in his honor.


33 posted on 08/29/2022 3:56:37 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Ruling class noticed our total lack of pushback for how the election & Covid was handled.)
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To: shadowlands1960

All the J6 guys did was show up at their work rather than their homes.

They are American heroes.

We should be naming streets and schools after Ashley Babbitt.


34 posted on 08/29/2022 3:58:41 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Ruling class noticed our total lack of pushback for how the election & Covid was handled.)
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To: babble-on
babble-on said, "This is insane. How does he only get 4 years?? Should be hanged."

At first i was going to post. Don't forget the /s or REEE!
I had to check if you where joking. I don't believe you where joking.


babble-on other statements you made:
Justifying the raid on Trumps property babble-on remark, "Trump said, erroneously, that the documents were his property and he did not want to give them back. What he was planning to do with them, or perhaps already did do with them, we do not know." - 8/26/2022

"FreeRepublic has become a non-stop repository of the stupidest possible takes on any subject. I cannot believe there is not one single person on these threads that points out how stupid these articles are.
These takes are the sort of thing that would be conceived by a gorilla speaking in grunts. -- 7/7/2022


Regarding the Georgia Guidestones (eugenic writings)
"Remember when the Taliban blew up those Buddhist statues? People with small religious views can become very fearful of those with other beliefs. Not a new phenomenon at all, really." --- 7/6/2022

Regarding Barr claiming no evidence of widespread voter fraud
"Trump has two options in light of this testimony. He can say he did try to overthrow Democracy, or he can say she is lying. I predict he will say she is lying. Is she lying" ---- 6/28/2022

What is your name at the democratic underground?
I'm curious.

This clearly points out I'm right this is a RepubliCoon hunt. As I'm with the RepubliCoon party. "Coon hunts" where set up to hunt down Republicans.

RepubliCoon's are being hunted by what Hillary Clinton pointed out.
I was constructed in a garage in Palo Alto. Likely referring to Jim Jones whom preached out of his Garage in Palo Alto. Whom Pelosi, Jerry Brown and Feinstein used to attend. Jones revelations was when he tried to change his father from being a Klansman. One issue Jones taught his minions was to view everything in terms of skin color. It was his way to have pity rather then anger. Jones Father didn't listen to him though he did create a following.
Jones focus was against god and Republicans/capitalists (not corporatists)
35 posted on 08/29/2022 4:03:14 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Boomer; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

Love that cartoon in #27 above. Good one.


36 posted on 08/29/2022 4:35:49 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Trump in 2024 - MAGA Man and Swamp Destroyer)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
"get slaps on the wrist and no bail"


I think that should be changed to FREE bail. Using, "no bail" appears to say he isn't getting out.
37 posted on 08/29/2022 4:36:37 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Chucky and his security guards were injured by slip and fall injuries after they simultaneously pissed their pants when they saw the scary bad man. Those security guards are paid by taxpayer dollars but are armed only with feathers and magic dust they can throw at threatening scary people.


38 posted on 08/29/2022 4:38:14 PM PDT by cquiggy
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To: Angelino97
"In a democracy Constitutional Republic, people have a right to confront their elected representatives."




39 posted on 08/29/2022 4:38:40 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: shadowlands1960
"...he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer..."

And the ones that assaulted Rand Paul and his wife? Anyone? Buehler, Beuhler....

40 posted on 08/29/2022 4:41:24 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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