Posted on 11/12/2024 3:57:14 AM PST by TigerClaws
Prosecutors are seeking prison time for five members of a Texas family arrested for roles in the U.S. Capitol breach. In new court filings, the Justice Department recommends one month in prison for Dawn and Thomas Munn, and 21-day prison sentences for three of the couple's adult children.
The Munn family, of Borger, Texas, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge, acknowledging they spent nearly an hour inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including time in a private Senate conference room. Members of the family are accused of bragging about their roles on Jan. 6, or of misrepresenting the size and scope of the attack and damage. One of the five is accused of blaming police.
In letters and court filings seeking leniency, the mother of the family continues to raise questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 election results, citing "mathematical impossibilities" in the results from Election Day. In her letter to the court, Dawn Munn said the family traveled to Washington as part of a graduation trip for two of her younger children. In one of the letters, Munn indicated a federal stimulus check helped pay for the trip.
A third daughter, under the age of 18, was also inside the Capitol with the family, according to court filings.
Prosecutors alleged in the filings that Dawn Munn, 57, a nurse; her husband, Thomas, 55, a U.S. Army veteran; son Joshua, 25, a janitor; and daughters Kristi, 30, and 20-year-old Kayli climbed into the Capitol through broken windows in a Senate wing door.
In a series of sentencing memorandums filed this week, the Justice Department laid out a series of allegations against the family. In Kristi Munn's case, prosecutors said, "Despite witnessing confrontations with officers, the defendant and her family continued to roam the Capitol building until finding their way to Room S-145, a Senate conference room, where they spent time observing a large number of rioters and officers gathered to the west of the building."
According to the memos, prosecutors asked D.C. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell to sentence the Munn parents to 30 days in prison and to issue three-week sentences to the adult children. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 12.
Security camera images released by the Justice Department show a variety of images of the Munn family amid the mob. According to the prosecutors' filings, Thomas is shown smoking a cigarette while moving through the building. One of his daughters can be seen wearing a camouflage jacket, while another is draped in a Trump banner. A family photo near the Capitol, with the face of the underage child obscured, is included in court filings from the Justice Department.
Asking for leniency from the judge, Dawn Munn has submitted a pair of letters to the court. In one, Munn wrote, "As of yet, there has not been a definite answer to my question, on the accuracy of the vote, so a question does remain. I do acknowledge that the vote was certified, and President Biden was inaugurated on Jan 20 of 2021, so I totally accept he is the president. Our president. Whether or not I agree with a person's policies, I do respect the position and President Biden was inaugurated as the president of our country. I do have a lot of remorse, for going into the building through the window, and more so overall, about going into the building at all. I should have known that something was wrong. You do not enter the Capitol through a broken window. I did realize something was very wrong and shortly after entering I began trying to figure out what to do --and how to get my family out of the building."
In another letter, Dawn Munn referenced "mathematical impossibilities" involving the 2020 election and her family's questions about election integrity. She wrote, "In early January, I discovered a stimulus check had been deposited into our checking account. The family talked had about a trip to Washington D.C. to see the President speak and to see our nation's history. This trip had a full itinerary, including to see the Lincoln Monument, as well as Arlington National Cemetery. The trip was made on very short notice and on a limited budget."
Defense attorneys for most of the Munn family did not immediately return requests for comment.
In their individual court filings seeking leniency at sentencing, the Munns make a series of arguments, including one that they were not violent on January 6. They're asking for probation and that the family be spared from prison.
An attorney for Kayli Munn, the youngest of the three children charged, wrote in a memo to the court, "Ms. Kayli Munn was the youngest of the Munn family to be charged, as she was the youngest adult who was charged. Ms. Munn came on the trip willingly, but she was not the coordinator of the trip, being accompanied by her parents. To be clear, she was a willing participant, and does not deny her personal culpability in this matter, but her involvement was not as an organizer, but rather a young adult accompanying her family to a rally and inappropriately joining them as they all entered into the U.S. Capitol."
The defense attorney for Kristi Munn wrote, "As a group of five, the Munn family was mindful of sticking together to avoid becoming separated amongst the large crowd which made their exit more complicated than for those acting alone. Although Ms. Munn and her family were inside for approximately 51 minutes, more than half of that time was spent looking for a way out and/or avoiding chaotic and potentially dangerous situations."
Army veteran Thomas Munn's attorney argued he does not present a danger to the community.
"Mr. Munn's history is not that of a dangerous criminal, but of a devoted husband and caring father, who made a terrible error in judgment on January 6th. He is a stay-at-home dad who has eight children with his wife."
Dawn Munn's attorney, Heather Shaner, told CBS News a probation sentence would be more beneficial.
"I would propose education courses in civics and U.S. government at a community college as a requirement of a term of probation would be of greater benefit to the defendant, her family and the community than a period of incarceration."
There are approximately 880 federal defendants in the U.S. Capitol riot. The Munn family members are among approximately 300 who have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.
Make the gestapo wannabes do the Spandau Ballet.
accused of blaming police.
A reach too far, sounds like a lot of police contact.
Just can’t wait for the real President
President Donald J Trump to make corrections.
Shut down the corruption and their coverups.
Jail time for them
I think this will be Trump’s first act once he is sworn in. I’d be honestly surprised if Trump did not make this first act. The next 20 acts can wait for this single signature.
Do you know if they have been sentenced yet? The article wasn’t clear on that. If not, they should add an addendum to their appeal for leniency from the court and ask that sentencing be delayed until January 21, 2025.
fixed it for ya
Gee, I didn't know any of that was illegal.
What law on the books did they break?
When Eric Holder goes to prison for running guns and/or contempt of Congress, and when Hillary goes to jail for accepting tens of millions in Bribes, and when the President of the United States goes to prison for accepting millions in bribes and when Obama goes to prison for accepting bribes and purgery, and when Bill Clinton goes to prison for rape.............then I would be willing to tolerate the 21 day sentence for the Munn Family.
Yes. How can bragging be a crime.
I guess I had better lawyer up.
Years ago I was part of a small group that entered the Capital building through an open door. We were escorted by a Capitol Police officer into rooms where we met with senators and congressmen to try and influence their votes.
We did the same thing in the White House.
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FLASHFORWARD: New Justice Department team to seek prison time for former Justice Department lawyers who sought prison time for Texas family of 5 in Jan. 6 case.
Yep, 1st thing Trump needs to do is pardon everyone involved in J6, and then start an investigation into the murder of ashli babbitt
Contrast this with Ray Epps’ treatment. And, who planted the pipe bomb? We are still being gas lighted.
I had this dream the other night. I dreamed I went to the Glen Beck rally at the Capitol in the 90s. I dreamed there were tens of thousands of others at this rally.
In my dream, when the totally peaceful rally was winding down, I walked up to the Capitol building. According to my dream, there was an open side door to the Capitol building, temporarily unattended by Capitol Police. I dreamed I walked right into the Capitol and escorted myself through the ground floor of the building and into the Rotunda! No one acosted me, no one stopped me, and I dreamed that I was a totally peaceful and totally awestruck citizen! In my dream I was proud to be an American at that point, and when my curiousity was satisfied I peacefully and uneventfully escorted myself out of the building!
Good thing this was only a dream. Had this happened today, I could be thrown in prison and ruined! My how times have changed!
We are still being gas lighted.
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Maybe so but there are still thousands of illegals entering
this country and no one in authority is doing a thing about
it. In a few more years this country will be goverend by them
and all will be lost as to what it was established for. jmo
Reply to your post #16: Exactly.
To identify, round up, and incarcerate the illegal immigrants, the Trump Administration should hire the people who identified, rounded up, and incarcerated the January 6 Protesters. These people know what they’re doing.
Pure political retribution. They pose nor ever did pose any threat to anyone.
There was a time when I and a fellow U.S. Navy shipmate went to see his U.S. Representative for Minnesota in the U.S. Capital. It was near 11 AM as we walked up the steps and entered the Capital building. We looked for the offices of the House members and found the one for his representative. We knocked and upon his welcome walked in. He was most glad to see us and invited us to have lunch with him. We spent a good hour with him and it was an experience I will never forget. Do that today, and we would’ve gone to prison to miss our ship’s next deployment sans a Radio Man and a Sonar Technician.
Today, the absolute hate that our U.S. Representatives have for the citizen sticks out like a sore thumb. Never do they speak to you on the phone. That is done by their staff. You write them and get a pre-programmed reply. You go to their campaign rally and they give their speech and hastily disappear afterwards. They have already made up their minds and the citizen be damned.
The only thing they like is what money they can line their pockets.
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