The mob that went into the Capitol in January was sentenced to 60 days in jail by the US District Judge.
Some judges in these cases have paused only for a few seconds after the lawyers finish arguing to explain their decision, but that is not what happened with the case of the man who was killed. He said earlier in the hearing that even people who weren't charged with violence were responsible for making up the mob that brought the government to a halt. He was disappointed that the memo appeared to suggest that the client was responsible for illegally entering the Capitol.
The government hadn't asked for an additional punishment for the crime that Scavo pleaded guilty to, and was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. The judge made it clear that he wasn't moved by the defense's request for leniency.
You've done everything you can. Good luck to you.
The first judge to give a sentence in the Capitol cases was Lamberth, who ordered Anna Morgan-Lloyd of Indiana to serve a year of supervised release after she apologized for her role in the riot. Morgan-Lloyd appeared on Fox News the next day and made comments that appeared to downplay the violence.
Since then, he has made clear that he felt burned by what happened with Morgan-Lloyd, and that other defendants asking for mercy would be met with skepticism. In a written opinion in September, he hoped that Chansley's change of heart was sincere, as he had pleaded guilty and was awaiting sentencing.
The judge said that the hopes of the court were dashed when another January 6 defendant made statements in an interview that directly conflicted with the contrite statements she made to the undersigned.
Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in prison, which was less than the 51 months the government wanted, but more than the 10 months he wanted. Scott Fairlamb was sentenced to 41 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to punching a police officer in the head.
The government requested a harsher sentence than the judge gave. In October, the judge sentenced Matthew to 45 days in jail instead of the recommended period of home detention.
Chutkan said there had to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government.
In September, Scavo pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol, the same low-level misdemeanor featured in most of the more than 130 plea deals entered in the riot prosecutions so far. According to the government, Scavo spent more than a decade as an elected school board member and ran twice for the state legislature, and helped charter buses bring more than 200 Trump supporters from northeast Pennsylvania to Washington.
The prosecutor and Scavo's lawyers noted his history of public service and lack of previous criminal record as factors that weighed in his favor, but the assistant US Attorney argued to the judge that he should have known better. The videos show that Scavo was standing close to a chaotic mob that overwhelmed a thin line of US Capitol Police officers trying to guard an entrance to the Capitol, filmed what was happening, and then entered once the doors were breached. He turned his camera on himself and said, "Here we go."
In the afternoon of January 6, Scavo posted comments on Facebook expressing support for the riot, and recorded a video on his phone saying, "Your own personal tour of the Capitol." We took it back. Took it back.
The judge read a statement from Scavo, who claimed that he only went up the stairs to take pictures because people were pushing around him. He said the mob surrounded him and that he entered the building when the crowd came towards him. He regretted his involvement in a dark day in our history.
He claimed in an interview that he had not gone inside the Capitol. One of his lawyers said on Monday that he had cooperated with the FBI after learning he was under investigation. Before he was charged and arrested for allegedly driving a bus that was labeled "Sedition express", Scavo promoted a cartoon on social media that depicted him as a bus driver and posted comments that made light of the allegations.
While his case was pending, he was allowed to go home after his arrest.
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