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Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case


Andrew Trunsky
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July 19, 2021 1:08 PM ET


A Florida man who breached the Senate floor on Jan. 6 while carrying a Trump flag was the first Capitol rioter sentenced with a felony offense.

Prosecutors are seeking a minimum 18-month sentence for Paul Allard Hodgkins. In a July 14 court filing, they alleged that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” as they forced lawmakers, reporters, staff and Vice President Mike Pence into hiding as they convened to certify President Joe Biden’s victory.

He was sentenced to eight months in prison.

Video footage described in the report shows Hodgkins, 38, sporting a Trump T-shirt and flag on the Senate floor. At one point he took a selfie with the self-described shaman, who is also awaiting trial for participating in the riot.

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2021, 10:42:27 pm »
I guess he should have looted an' trashed the place. Then he could have been classified as a "peaceful protestor".
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2021, 10:43:21 pm »
The next Republican president should unabashedly pardon every convicted 1/6 tourist as his or her first official act.

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2021, 12:53:07 am »
Is he one of the many that have been imprisoned for the last seven months? If so he should be set free for time served. This isn't justice, it's a travesty of justice.

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2021, 01:05:53 am »
Yes, this is the darkest day in history even counting the Civil War and Pearl Harbor, with unspeakable acts against our great Republic on the Holy and Sacred ground of the U.S. Capitol.

And we're gonna give this guy just 8 months.

This is nothing but a political witch hunt to go after the Democrats' enemies.



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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2021, 02:18:18 am »
Court Sends A Message: Paul Allard Hodgkins Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison For Entering Capitol On January 6, 2021

Legal Insurrection by Ameer Benno Monday, July 19, 2021

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/court-sends-a-message-paul-allard-hodgkins-sentenced-to-8-months-in-prison-for-entering-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

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Did not engage in violence or property damage. Defense: “a man who for just one hour on one day, lost his bearings and his way. It is the story of a man who made a fateful decision to follow the crowd, and found himself for approximately 15 minutes in a place that he sincerely regrets to have been.”

To date, only one other person has been sentenced for the activities that occurred on Jan. 6.  Anna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49 year-old grandmother from Indiana, was sentenced in late June to three years of probation and ordered to pay $500 in restitution after pleading guilty to one charge of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Hodgkins is the first person convicted of a felony to be sentenced.

A 38 years-old former Eagle Scout who lives in the Tampa Bay area, Hodgkins was a blue collar worker with a steady nine-to-five over the last seven years.

On Jan. 6, he traveled alone by bus from Florida to Washington, D.C. to attend the Stop the Steal rally.  After the rally, he made his way to the Capitol building with the crowd, and, following others, walked into the Capitol an hour after the Congress had recessed.

Hodgins, said his lawyer in his sentencing memorandum to the court,

    “had an absolutely miniscule … role in [the events of Jan. 6].  Mr. Hodgkins was not involved in any way, shape or form, with violence toward anyone in law enforcement. Mr. Hodgkins was not involved in any way, shape or form with any property damage done to the Capitol. Mr. Hodgkins never touched a single item within the Capitol building itself. His sole participation simply included walking into the building, onto the floor of the United States Senate, and leaving the same building, all within a 15-minute period of time.

According the government’s sentencing memorandum, Hodgkins entered the Senate Chamber holding a Trump 2020 flag, took a selfie, and prayed with “other rioters” who were congregated there before exiting the Senate Chamber and the U.S. Capitol.

In June, he pled guilty.  And it’s not hard to see why – he simply lacked the resources to put up a fight.

In his sentencing memorandum, Hodgkins’ lawyer described his client as someone who is “not wealthy in any way, shape or form.” Hodgkins, said his lawyer, “rents a home in what is considered the poorest, working class neighborhood in Tampa,” and “works over 40 hours a week, lives pay check to pay check, barely getting by financially.”

Despite the fact that Hodgkins had no prior criminal record and was entirely cooperative with law enforcement, federal prosecutors recommended a sentence of 18 months’ incarceration (the federal sentencing guidelines called for a recommended range of between 15 to 21 months.)

The first reason given by the government to justify their sentencing recommendation was that Hodgkins carried rope, eye goggles, and latex rubber gloves in his backpack on the day of the melee, and that this meant that he acted with premeditation and was “prepared for violence from the outset.”

Although Hodgkins explained that these items were part of a First Aid kit, the government responded that even if that were so, such a kit meant that Hodgkins anticipated the possibility of being involved in a violent conflict in D.C.

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2021, 02:55:58 am »
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Hodgins .  .  .  had an absolutely miniscule … role in [the events of Jan. 6].  Mr. Hodgkins was not involved in any way, shape or form, with violence toward anyone in law enforcement. Mr. Hodgkins was not involved in any way, shape or form with any property damage done to the Capitol. Mr. Hodgkins never touched a single item within the Capitol building itself. His sole participation simply included walking into the building, onto the floor of the United States Senate, and leaving the same building, all within a 15-minute period of time.

Nothing there warrants a felony charge, much less a felony conviction.


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According the government’s sentencing memorandum, Hodgkins entered the Senate Chamber holding a Trump 2020 flag

He's lucky he didn't get the death penalty.


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A man who engaged in non-violent protest at the Capitol on January 6 was sentenced to eight months in prison this week for obstructing an official proceeding, while hundreds charged in violent riots last summer have seen their cases dropped.

Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced Monday after he pleaded guilty to a single felony count of obstructing an official proceeding, after he was identified in videos and photos inside the Senate chamber carrying a Trump 2020 flag.

While the count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and prosecutors asked for 18 months, Hodgkins — who did not engage in any violence or property damage — received eight months, the longest punishment of three sentenced so far.

U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss told Hodgkins, “Although you were only one member of a larger mob, you actively participated in a larger event that threatened the Capitol and democracy itself.”

“The damage that was caused that way was way beyond a several-hour delay of the vote certification,” Moss added. “It is a damage that will persist in this country for several decades.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/20/non-violent-protester-gets-8-months-for-entering-capitol-hundreds-of-blm-riot-cases-dropped/
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U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss told Hodgkins, “Although you were only one member of a larger mob, you actively participated in a larger event that threatened the Capitol and democracy itself.”

“The damage that was caused that way was way beyond a several-hour delay of the vote certification,” Moss added. “It is a damage that will persist in this country for several decades.”

Just wanted to give appropriate notoriety to this POLITICAL HACK
who has been allowed to have the powers of a federal judge,
which he is obviously eager to weaponize and misuse against
a guy who trusted, to his detriment, (solid grounds for a lawsuit)
a GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, namely, a Capitol Police officer,
who gestured to him, GIVING HIM PERMISSION to enter the Capitol,
obliterating any legitimate charge of even trespassing!


"Judge Randolph Daniel Moss was appointed to the District Court on November 14, 2014. ... "

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2021, 02:26:42 am »
The leftist lard assed bureaucrats, including this POS judge, are turning the nation into the soviet union before our very eyes. May they pay a price commensurate with their crimes.

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2021, 12:27:52 pm »
Nothing there warrants a felony charge, much less a felony conviction.


He's lucky he didn't get the death penalty.


Oh. That has been scheduled after his release.
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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2021, 08:19:01 pm »
Posted elsewhere but worth repeating:
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,407004.msg2241037.html#msg2241037

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« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2021, 08:21:32 pm »
8 months, less time served...they'll be out in 60 days.
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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2021, 07:39:24 am »
Court Sends A Message: Paul Allard Hodgkins Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison For Entering Capitol On January 6, 2021

Legal Insurrection by Ameer Benno Monday, July 19, 2021

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/court-sends-a-message-paul-allard-hodgkins-sentenced-to-8-months-in-prison-for-entering-capitol-on-january-6-2021/
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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
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Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case


Andrew Trunsky
Political Reporter
July 19, 2021 1:08 PM ET


A Florida man who breached the Senate floor on Jan. 6 while carrying a Trump flag was the first Capitol rioter sentenced with a felony offense.

Prosecutors are seeking a minimum 18-month sentence for Paul Allard Hodgkins. In a July 14 court filing, they alleged that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” as they forced lawmakers, reporters, staff and Vice President Mike Pence into hiding as they convened to certify President Joe Biden’s victory.

He was sentenced to eight months in prison.

Video footage described in the report shows Hodgkins, 38, sporting a Trump T-shirt and flag on the Senate floor. At one point he took a selfie with the self-described shaman, who is also awaiting trial for participating in the riot.

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https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/19/capitol-riot-paul-allard-hodgkins-sentence-felony-donald-trump/

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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2021, 04:15:25 pm »
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HOW can "threatening democracy" be a crime,when we are a Constitutional Republic?

The only threat to democracy here occurred during the 72-hours following the close of the polls on Nov 3, 2020.
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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2021, 04:17:55 pm »
Wonder how many BLM and Antifa terrorist and rioters were sentenced to 8 months for their crimes during the  summer of 2020?   :pondering:
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« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2021, 04:29:48 pm »
Wonder how many BLM and Antifa terrorist and rioters were sentenced to 8 months for their crimes during the  summer of 2020?   :pondering:

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I am wondering if ANY served any time.
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Re: Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison In First Felony Case
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2021, 04:25:11 am »
Wonder how many BLM and Antifa terrorist and rioters were sentenced to 8 months for their crimes during the  summer of 2020?   :pondering:

Or how many of Antifa's agent provocateurs will even be charged for LEADING the Capitol invasion on January 6?
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