A federal judge found Patrick McCaughey III, a Ridgefield man accused of crushing an officer with a shield, guilty of some charges in Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
fascism. well, call me crazy, but i don t think there is anything semi about racking to hitler mustache, exposing far-right views and taking part in the attempted coup against the government. it is shocking, this man, the one who s picture you see there was celebrated as a political prisoner of conscience in a rally led by the former president and leader other publican party and attended by the republican candidate for senate and governor of pennsylvania. nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly has been falling all the january six cases. ryan, you are the first one, who recovered the cases of closely, who learned that this was the individual. i ve seen the picture, but tell me more about this in the visual case. hale-cusanelli was convicted by a jury, and what is remarkable about this case is that it was overseen by judge mcfadden who decided that after he was convicted that he would be willing to give an extended
reilly has been fallowing all the january six cases. ryan, you are the first one, who recovered the cases of closely, who learned that this was the individual. i ve seen the picture, but tell me more about this individual s case. hale-cusanelli was convicted by a jury, and what is remarkable about this case is that it was overseen by judge mcfadden who decided that after he was convicted that he would be willing to give an extended sentence or a longer sentence to hale-cusanelli because he found his testimony, quote, highly dubious. this is an individual with a long record of essentially fascist-like views here. he was actually arrested back in 2010, believe it or not, for having a potato gun with a bunch of his friends that had the phrase, white is right, on it. he had this right-wing podcasts. he had exchanges with that and, the woman he refers to as his
Patrick McCaughey III is facing charges of assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon and obstructing an official proceeding in a bench trial in D.C.
Patrick McCaughey III, of Ridgefield, accused of crushing a police officer in a doorway during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, will have his case heard by a federal judge.