Prosecutors request prison sentence for man carrying Trump flag in Senate chamber on Jan. 6

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Prosecutors request prison sentence for man carrying Trump flag in Senate chamber on Jan. 6
By Mychael Schnell - 07/15/21 01:32 PM EDT

Prosecutors are requesting a prison sentence for a man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and carried a Trump flag into the Senate chamber.

Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty last month to one count of obstructing an official proceeding.

Prosecutors are now encouraging a federal judge to sentence Hodgkins to an 18-month prison term, contending that there is a need to prevent domestic terrorism.

“The need to deter others is especially strong in cases involving domestic terrorism, which the breach of the Capitol certainly was,” Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mona Sedky said in a government sentencing request for Hodgkins, according to The Washington Post.

Sedky called on FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony from March before the Senate that said the issue of homegrown violent extremism is “metastasizing,” with some individuals being encouraged by the Capitol riot, according to the Post.

She also asked U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss of Washington to acknowledge previous court filings which illustrate that despite convicted individuals not having criminal history, their views make them “unique among criminals in the likelihood of recidivism,” the Post reported.

If Hodgkins is sentenced, it will be the first time a defendant from the Capitol riot serves prison time, according to the Post.

His sentencing is scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m.

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/563214-prosecutors-request-prison-sentence-for-man-carrying-trump-flag-in

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He initially faced a five-count indictment but prosecutors ultimately said they would drop four of the charges after he pleaded guilty to one, according to CBS News.

He now faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The Hill reached out to Hodgkins’ attorney, Patrick N. Leduc, for comment.

This madness needs to stop!

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Meanwhile, if you are illegally in this country and rape a  7 year old child, you get to pay $30,000 in bail money and released in order to rape once again.

Illegal Immigrant Child Rapist Released from Jail by Maryland Sanctuary County Remains at Large
A Maryland county that offers illegal immigrants sanctuary keeps releasing dangerous criminals from jail to shield them from federal authorities, most recently a man from El Salvador who raped a seven-year-old girl multiple times. Rather than honor a detainer issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), officials in Montgomery County freed the child rapist on bond recently and he remains at large. Court documents obtained by a local media outlet say the 56-year-old, Rene Ramos-Hernandez, who reportedly lives illegally in Brentwood “forced unwanted sexual intercourse” with the girl “at least ten times.”

In a statement issued this week, ICE blasts Montgomery County officials for protecting illegal aliens who commit state crimes. “Montgomery County continues the practice of not honoring lawful ICE detainers and release potential public safety threats back into the community,” said acting Baltimore Field Office Director Francisco Madrigal. “When they refuse to give adequate notification of an impending release to allow a safe transfer of custody, it shows their actions are insincere. ICE believes the best way to protect public safety is for law enforcement to work together.” The agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) lodged a detainer with the Montgomery County Detention Center on June 19 and authorities blew it off, instead discharging Ramos-Hernandez on June 23. ICE was notified that the illegal immigrant rapist was let go, but officers at the Montgomery County jail refused to hold Ramos-Hernandez until ERO officers arrived at the facility, according to the agency.

Ramos-Hernandez has lived in the U.S. illegally for years. In fact, the rapes occurred from 2002 to 2003, when he was in his late 30s and the girl was just seven. The victim reported the crimes to Montgomery County Police in 2017 and it took almost two years for local authorities to track down the illegal alien. On June 18 he was booked at the Montgomery County Detention Center (MCDC) in Rockville on two counts of second-degree rape and one count of sexual abuse of a minor. The next day ICE lodged the detainer.  A Montgomery County judge granted Ramos-Hernandez a $30,000 bond and now the feds cannot find him
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/illegal-immigrant-child-rapist-released-from-jail-by-maryland-sanctuary-county-remains-at-large/

[skeeter]

This is the kind of despotic behavior people in other countries take to the streets to protest.

No wonder Xi, Putin, Kim, Rouhani et al laugh at Biden's finger wagging.

[libertybele]

This is the kind of despotic behavior people in other countries take to the streets to protest.

No wonder Xi, Putin, Kim, Rouhani et al laugh at Biden's finger wagging.

Things continue to spiral out of control.

[mountaineer]

These Jan. 6 folks have become political prisoners, pretty much like gulag dwellers of the 1960s USSR.