'Dangerous slide in America.' Judge in Jan. 6 case says what Florida needs to hear Editorial
Florida man Adam Johnson grinned and preened for the cameras in his Trump ski cap last year as he paraded through the U.S. Capitol carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern.
He screamed encouragement to his fellow rioters as the Jan. 6 crowds surged through the building after Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally. He yelled that a bust of George Washington would make a “great battering ram” to knock down a door to the House chamber, where members huddled inside. He shot video as rioters assaulted and disarmed a police officer. He tried to open a door to what he thought was Pelosi’s office.
He gloried in the moment, bragged he “broke the internet” — but then erased most of the images from his phone. He later said he was ashamed of what he had done and insisted that if the office door had opened, he would have asked Pelosi for a selfie.
Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton refused to be played for a fool. He sentenced Johnson on Friday to 75 days in jail, in a plea deal, and would not let the father of five from Manatee County off the hook.
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