Posted on 06/21/2023 1:44:16 PM PDT by Coronal
Washington — A California man who prosecutors described as "one of the most violent defendants on January 6, 2021" was sentenced to 151 months — about 12 ½ years — in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to violent and obstructive conduct during the Capitol riot.
Daniel "DJ" Rodriguez admitted as part of a plea agreement in February that he attacked former Washington, D.C. police officer Michael Fanone with a taser, causing him to lose consciousness, and that he worked to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. Rodriguez will also have to pay $96,000 to cover medical treatment for Fanone and $2,000 in restitution for the destruction of the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Requesting a longer sentence of 14 years in prison, prosecutors said Rodriguez administered a group chat in which he and a co-defendant discussed battles and operations in Washington, D.C., before then-President Donald Trump announced his Jan. 6 rally and later planned their trip to the nation's capital after Trump sent a tweet saying the day would "be wild."
"You showed up in D.C. spoiling for a fight," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to Rodriguez as she sentenced Rodriguez on Wednesday.
And she told his legal team that Rodriguez "was a one-man army of hate."
Jackson also said that "people need to understand that you cannot do this or anything like this again."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
The more I find about this police officer the less sympathy I have...
Here, a link to the scripted high drama grossly exaggerated testimony of the fabulous four cops...
Fanone, who suffered a heart attack from his injuries on January 6th, recounted how he was repeatedly tasered and threatened with his own gun by the rioters.'I was aware enough to recognize I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm. I was electrocuted, again and again and again with a taser,' he said.
He recounted how he and his fellow officers held the line in one of the underground tunnels that lead from the Capitol to the lawmakers' personal office buildings, holding back the mob so they could not break through.
'The narrowness of the hallway provided what was probably the only chance of holding back the crowd from entering your personal offices, the House and Senate chambers,' he said.
He became visibly emotional, saying 'what makes the struggle harder and more painful' is seeing lawmakers 'downplaying or outright denying what happened,' even after he 'went to hell and back' for them.
I wonder if this ttunnel Michael Fanone was in with his three cop friends is the same tunnel where the cops beat a woman to death.
Murdering rapists of children have gotten shorter sentences.
Should have said his last name was Biden.
Another interesting thing is officer Fanone’s bio...
Supposedly married twice, first was a divorce. Second to a person of Chinese descent...according to this bio, anyway:
https://biographydaily.com/2021/04/28/who-is-michael-fanone/
Amy Berman Jackson AGAIN?!? What, is she the only federal judge in Washington? She give lie to Roberts’ statement that there are no Obama judges nor Clinton Judges nor Trump judges, just upstanding, moral jurists who faithfully and fairly apply the law as it is written. Is he really so isolated from the general population that he’s has no idea how ridiculous he sounds?
Berman Jackson is the American Roland Freisler.
Cops’former mother in law is supposedly Changchang Liu?
one of the most violent defendants on January 6
Nope. That was law enforcement when they murdered protestors.
12 and 1/2 years. 98 Thousand in fines.
Typical Banana Republic tactics.
The more I learn about this “cop” the more I think he was the government plant sent in to stur the pot.
Rubbish?
I hope that when you are singled out for trumped up charges and are forced into entering a plea bargain so you don’t have to spend the rest of your life in jail - no one calls you rubbish.
Re: 33 - don’t worry - I won’t taser a LEO.
Jan 6 prosecutions have been ridiculous
As he was led away in court he yelled out ‘Trump Won’. Yep . I’d pardon him if only to piss off the Left for once.
“California man who attacked police with taser on Jan. 6 sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison”
Policeman who killed Air Force woman for nothing sentenced to nothing.
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