Capitol Police officer who sought to protect Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to home incarceration
Source: Politico
A Capitol Police officer who tried to help a Jan. 6 rioter avoid detection from law enforcement was sentenced Thursday to 120 days of home incarceration for obstructing justice.
Michael Riley, a decorated 25-year veteran of the Capitol Police who was one of the first officers to respond to pipe bombs found at the RNC and DNC on Jan. 6, delivered a tearful apology in the courtroom, describing “awful judgment” in the days following the attack that led him to attempt to aid a member of the mob.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she appreciated Riley’s remorse but tore into the retired officer for what she said was a pattern of dishonesty about the brazenness of his conduct. She said he lied to colleagues about his contact with the Jan. 6 rioter — a fisherman from Virginia named Jacob Hiles who pleaded guilty to misdemeanors in 2021 — and misrepresented his actions both on the witness stand and even in the chronology he laid out during his sentencing hearing.
Still, Jackson said Riley’s lengthy career — unblemished before Jan. 6 — his lack of criminal history and the consequences he already suffered, from his forced retirement to the loss of his department-issued dog, justified the sentence of home confinement. Prosecutors had initially sought a sentence of 27 months in prison for Riley’s conduct, saying his status as a police officer exacerbated the seriousness of his actions.
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