A judge sentenced Cleveland Meredith to over two years in prison Tuesday for driving to Washington, D.C., with firearms in early January and thinking about shooting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump.
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A federal judge sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to making threats.
Car trouble delayed his arrival in the city until the evening of January 6 after a pro-Trump rally and subsequent riot at the Capitol.
On the day after, he fantasized about putting a bullet in Pelosi.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was tipped off by his mother.
The FBI found a trailer that contained two guns and 2,500 rounds of bullets at a D.C. hotel.
Last week, Paul Kiyonaga, the attorney for the man, asked for a sentence of time-served, arguing that he didn't take any concrete steps to act on his threat, and that he apologized to Pelosi in a hearing Tuesday.
On January 7, he sent a message with a devil symbol, saying he was thinking about heading over to Pelosi's speech and putting a bullet in her noggin.
Surprising fact.
Kiyonaga said that the FBI was called by the mother of the man because she knew he had mental health issues, but she wasn't worried that he would act on his threat against Pelosi.
The U.S. Capitol Police says there have been threats against lawmakers this year. An Arizona man was convicted of threatening to kill the House speaker in a voicemail, and a Capitol riot defendant said in a video that they were looking for Nancy to shoot her. A man has been charged with threatening to kill Dr. Anthony Fauci and his family via email, as well as the homes of both Pelosi and McConnell.
The key background.
After the Capitol riot, he arrived in D.C., but prosecutors have listed him alongside over 650 defendants arrested in connection with the January 6 breach. The Department of Justice says that arrestees traveled from all over the country to face charges. More than 100 have already pleaded guilty, and the sentences have ranged from 3 to 41 months.
The Dad from Georgia wanted to kill Nancy Pelosi.
He was threatening Pelosi. They didn't wait to see if he really meant it. The New York Times.
