Alleged insurrectionist who heckled cops for 'protecting pedophiles' served time for statutory rape

[tenderfoot]

(CNN)A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for "protecting pedophiles" previously served jail time after being convicted in the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl, according to court records reviewed by CNN and lawyers involved in the cases.

Federal prosecutors say Sean McHugh of Auburn, California, fought with police as they fended off the massive mob of Trump supporters outside the Capitol on January 6. During the scuffle, McHugh was recorded by police body-worn cameras heckling the officers with a megaphone.

According to prosecutors' description of the footage, McHugh allegedly shouted, "You guys like protecting pedophiles?" "you're protecting communists," "I'd be shaking in your little s--t boots too," and, "there is a Second Amendment behind us, what are you going to do then?"

His comments about "pedophiles" are particularly striking, considering his criminal history.
McHugh was convicted in 2010 on a state charge of unlawful sex with a minor, according to California court records reviewed by CNN and lawyers involved in McHugh's cases. McHugh was sentenced to 240 days in jail -- though he served less -- and got four years of probation.

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At the time of the riot, McHugh was on probation for misdemeanor convictions for driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, according to federal court documents.

McHugh has a long rap sheet of misdemeanor convictions, including multiple DUIs and trespassing offenses, according to Negin and a CNN review of California state court records. He is one of many rioters with criminal records, and he is one of a few rioters who were on probation or parole for other unrelated crimes when they went to the Capitol on January 6.

This undercuts recent false claims from some Republicans, who have whitewashed the violent attack and claimed that the rioters were well-meaning patriotic Americans with clean records.

Republicans pushed this lie at a recent House hearing about Capitol security failures. Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar complained that "the FBI is fishing through homes of veterans and citizens with no criminal records" and claimed "law-abiding citizens" were being targeted. Texas Rep. Louis Gohmert also recently said on the House floor, "their only crime was supporting Donald Trump."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/politics/capitol-rioter-rape-charge/index.html

[malaise]

1. Deplorables is kind

That is all

[lagomorph777]

2. They always project.

Like a fucking iMax.

[ExciteBike66]

3. "there is a Second Amendment behind us, what are you going to do then?"

LOL at the party of "law and order" threatening to shoot cops...

[keithbvadu2]

4. RW police slogans:::::: Empty slogans

RW police slogans:::::: Empty slogans

RW slogans::::::
Blue Lives Matter
Police lives matter
Back the Blue

Empty slogans

Link to tweet

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A slogan that Trump's terrorists believe in:::

'Kill him with his own gun'

[BGBD]

5. In his defense

Matt Gaetz said she was old enough.

[Midnight Writer]

6. I'd be curious as to how many of the Capitol insurrectionists had a previous criminal record.

Also wonder how many have a history of substance abuse.

Something about these people is just not right.

It's odd for a person to jump from nothing to attempting to overthrow the government.

[BobTheSubgenius]

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