Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

A Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where authorities say he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as his armed security detail led the New York Democrat to safety.

Joshua Pruitt, 40, was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-to-face with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, according to federal prosecutors.

“One look at Pruitt, and the leader of Senator Schumer’s security detail immediately saw the threat and hustled the 70-year-old senator down a hallway, having to change their evacuation route on a dime,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis Loeb wrote in a court filing ahead of Monday's hearing.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Pruitt to four years and seven months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, according to Bill Miller, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rioter-who-encountered-senator-gets-over-4-years-in-prison/ar-AA11eP4a

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Was the orange guy worth four years of your life?

[iluvtennis]

1. Excellent news! n/t

[Samrob]

26. Set the examples right now and put a stop to these insurrectionists behaviors. nt

[Thomas Hurt]

2. well yeah, he is a race hero and gets to make friends with the Aryan Brotherhood boys in prison.

[2naSalit]

3. Sentences are starting...

To look like actual prison time.

[Aristus]

15. I'm betting the treasonous scum who rolled over for light sentences gave up some

good names, which are now yielding tougher sentences.

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. I'll bet that jackass actually does think it was worthwhile.

[Dave in VA]

19. You know it!

He is their "savior" and they will do anything to keep him in charge.

Very few will regret what they have done for him. Even though he could give a shit if they were to die.

[musclecar6]

5. Good

In a perfect world, the sentence would’ve been much longer.

[Heather MC]

6. Only 4 years🤦🏾‍♀️

This country put a black man in prison for 50 years for stealing $50. But a white man who actually tried to disstabilize our democracy gets 4 lousy years. 🤦🏾‍♀️🖕🏾

[calimary]

7. YAY!!!! Too bad it's only four years though.

[orangecrush]

8. That's one MAGAT

Who won't be "rioting in the streets"

[Cha]

22. lol.. but would

like to be!

[orangecrush]

32. ...

[RussBLib]

9. Some figures from Time

Snip (from June 2022)

More than 840 people have been arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, with charges ranging from obstruction of an official proceeding to assault. But 17 months after the attempted insurrection, a significant number of rioters are still awaiting their sentencing.

Only around a quarter of those arrested—185 individuals—have received criminal sentences, while the rest are waiting for their trials or haven’t yet reached plea agreements. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 80 defendants were sentenced to periods of incarceration, with longer prison terms for those who engaged in violence or threats. So far, the median prison sentence for the Jan. 6 rioters is 45 days. An additional 57 rioters have been sentenced to periods of home detention, while most sentences have included fines, community service and probation for low-level offenses like illegally parading or demonstrating in the Capitol, which is a misdemeanor.

Hundreds of additional cases are expected to be adjudicated in the coming months, with a number of sentencing hearings already on the calendar this fall.

Here’s a look at what happened to 14 of the most high-profile Jan. 6 rioters.

https://time.com/6133336/jan-6-capitol-riot-arrests-sentences/

[PatSeg]

10. And he looks like such a nice guy

[Cha]

13. Yeah, "white power" is such a

nice look. Freaking Idiot

[PatSeg]

16. Apparently, he's had run-ins with the law before

Pruitt has an extensive criminal history, which prosecutors say includes 19 prior arrests and eight convictions in Maryland, Virginia, Nevada, D.C. and Georgia. Yet he was stupid enough to put himself out there storming the Capitol. How many arrests and convictions does it take before he gets a clue?

Hi Cha! How are you doing?

[Cha]

24. A die hard criminal.. Shocking he'd

be attracted to DT

Doing good, Pat.. how about you & Aloha!

[PatSeg]

28. Life keeps getting better lately

What a difference a decent president makes!

[Cha]

29. A Caring Democratic President

is a 180 Degrees from a Fascist Putin Puppet Fuck!

[PatSeg]

34. We really deserve this

Clearly, Biden's time has come.

[louis-t]

14. Bet he was one of the guys pooping on the floor

and smearing it on the walls.

[PatSeg]

17. Just like our American heroes in 1776, right?

Some real patriots are turning over in their graves.

[louis-t]

21. Every person tried for crimes on J6 should be asked one question.

"Did you poop on the floor and smear it on the walls?"

[PatSeg]

27. Patriotic poopers!

I honestly can't begin to imagine what kind of person would do such a thing and I've known my share of disreputable characters.

The only people I've known to smear poop on walls were under the age of one and not too many of those.

[LudwigPastorius]

33. He'd better take care of that hand.

He's going to need it for the next four and a half years.

[PatSeg]

35. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

38. So many fascist creeps in the rural red area in which I live

cultivate that same look.

I have come to automatically assume that anyone who cultivates that look is a fascist worshiper of the MAGAt king, especially when their face is frozen into a permanent snarl.

[PatSeg]

39. No originality at all

They wear their fascist look like a uniform. You have to wonder what do they see when they look in the mirror every day?

[Evolve Dammit]

42. How would one know when it's just "OK" or White Power?? Couldn't they be original??

[Cha]

11. All based on Sucker LIES!

[Emile]

12. With 4 years his inmates buddies will have

a nice chat with him.

[newdayneeded]

40. Yep, maybe a black group

will ask him "so what does that hand gesture mean"

[NBachers]

18. Message to Joshua Pruitt's wife: Leave this loser behind!

[sarge43]

20. Double plus good.

No pardon for you, Pruitt.

[ShazzieB]

23. Yikes!

The leader of Schumer’s security detail told the FBI that their encounter with Pruitt was a harrowing, unforgettable moment. Pruitt was advancing and only seconds from reaching Schumer when the security detail turned and ran with the senator away from an elevator and back down a ramp, detail members said.

I didn't realize Chuck Schumer had such a narrow escape on January 6!

Thank gods his security detail was so on the ball, and hurray for this miscreant being behind bars!

[electric_blue68]

36. Me either! Yikes!

[llashram]

25. glad for Senator Schumer

idiot going to prison...sucker!!!!!!!!

[Deminpenn]

30. Pruitt was on probation and wearing an ankle monitor

on Jan 6th.

An example of the brainiacs who plan to start another civil war.

[Evolve Dammit]

43. seriously??

[Deminpenn]

44. That info was reported in the

Yahoo News story.

[Evolve Dammit]

45. Not dis-believing you, just incredulous that someone wearing a bracelet would go to a riot?

[Deminpenn]

46. Yeah, amazing!

You gotta be pretty dumb...but this guy has been arrested numerous times so not really surprising.

[yaesu]

31. Slap on the wrist. They need to dish out sentences that will make people cringe at doing this again

not this lowball crap where future terrorists will say, what the hell, its only 4 yrs if I'm caught.

[IbogaProject]

37. Why only 3 years of supervised release?

Shouldn't these guys be getting 20 or 30 years of supervision?

[kwolf68]

41. SO he's Antifa?

Yea all signs point to that.

[oasis]

47. This type of scum won't be getting early release for "good behavior". nt