More Than a Simple Riot’: Florida Man Will Spend Eight Months Behind Bars in First Felony Sentencing for the U.S. Capitol Breach

MSN ^ | 7/19/20 | Adam Klasfeld

[DoodleDawg]

Capitol siege defendant Paul Hodgkins was captured on surveillance video inside the U.S. Senate Chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. To the right, Qanon Shaman Jacob Chansley is partially visible in the frame.

Captured on surveillance video waving a Donald Trump flag near the dais of the U.S. Senate Chamber on Jan. 6th, Florida man Paul Hodgkins received an 8-month prison term on Monday. Hodgkins is the first person on the U.S. Capitol breach docket to be sentenced for committing a felony, and prosecutors argued a stiff sentence was necessary to keep others from engaging in acts of “domestic terrorism.”

[DoodleDawg]

First plea deal for someone charged with a felony. Defense attorney wanted home arrest, prosecution wanted a year and a half, he got 8 months.

[miliantnutcase]

Meanwhile any prosecutions for the individuals who burned down Mnpls third precinct last year? *crickets*

[rktman]

Felony trespassing?

[Vaduz]

Domestic terrorism like destroying statutes burning federal buildings with no arrests OH WAIT he had a Trump flag.
Judge Roy Bean still on the bench in D.C now.

[circlecity]

If a dem does the exact same thing to disrupt a confirmation hearing on a Supreme Court justice they get applauded. Two standards of justice.

[PeterPrinciple]

what is his history, how do we know he wasn’t a plant

[Kickass Conservative]

Did he commit a Violent Act or just walk around Pelosi’s Den of Unconstitutional Horrors waving a Trump Flag?

He should have burned down a Wendy’s instead. Then he would still be a free Man.

[Michael.SF.]

Did not see it mentioned in the article, but he should be getting credit for time already served. If he is one of those who has been held in jail w/o bail, he may have 5 or 6 months worth of credit, depending on when he was arrested.

Does anyone know if he is getting that time served credit?

[Hostage]

Waved a Donald Trump flag did he?

We remember the BLM/Antifa tweet two weeks before January 6 telling others to wear MAGA hats backwards to identify themselves to each other.

[DoodleDawg]

Felony trespassing?

Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting. Pled guilty to that and the other charges were dropped.

[WKUHilltopper]

He would have been classified a hero had he burned down half of Seattle.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Was he a BLM or Antifa infiltrator?

[ScubaDiver]

That is the federal standard. I’m not sure if judge’s are bound by that standard by statute or rule or if they can deviate from it at their discretion. I’ve never seen a case where time-served wasn’t credited in federal court.

[proust]

Time served should cover most of that sentence.

[a fool in paradise]

HE HAD A TRUMP FLAG!

[blueunicorn6]

Why would any American Citizen help a federal employee?

[ScubaDiver]

Kevin Clinesmith lied under penalty of perjury in order to violate the civil rights of a citizen - a citizen he knew to be innocent and in fact, an intelligence asset. For that, he didn’t even spend the night in federal custody.

Some morons parade through the halls of Congress taking pictures and whatnot and they get prosecuted for felony trespassing.

[a fool in paradise]

>>Obstruction of an Official Proceeding

Apparently this charge never applies to Democrats

[rktman]

And who has the money to fight the feds? You know the aclu ain’t gonna step up.

[a fool in paradise]

C’mon man, they don’t prosecute for perjury... < /s >