but this is interesting. the travis county democratic party tells us that while they are pleased to see the guy cop to it, while they re pleased to see a guilty plea, they say they are disappointed as part of this plea deal prosecutors are only asking for the minimum sentence on the arson charge, which is five to six years. it s literally the legal minimum that they could ask for. they couldn t ask the court to impose a lighter sentence by law. from party chair, the main question we re left with is why the government didn t pursue a terrorism classification for the charge, which the government said could have increased the sentencing range. quote, this is a case involving a bomber caught on videotape, repeatedly coming up to our offices at least three times, throwing in a molotov cocktail and a bomb and starting a fire that caused an estimated $20,000 in damages to our offices and delivered a manifesto containing
bond with an ankle monitor. his fate has been in the hands of federal prosecutors in texas. will this week, the federal prosecutors have reached a plea deal with the guy, he pleaded guilty to the arson charge. they say well there pleas to see a guy comes to it, there are disappointed that is part of this plea deal, prosecutors are only asking for the minimum sentence on the arson charge which is 5 to 60 years. this is literally the legal minimum to asked for. they could ask the coat to pose a greater sentence by law. the main question we re left with is why the government didn t pursue a terrorism classification for the charge, which the government said could ve increased the government that this was a case involving a bomber caught on video tape, repeatedly coming to our offices at least three times throwing a molotov cocktail that caused at least 25,000
that they could ask for. they couldn t ask the court to impose a lighter sentence by law. from party chair, the main question we re left with is why the government didn t pursue a terrorism classification for the charge, which the government said could have increased the sentencing range. this is a case involving a bomber caught on videotape repeatedly coming up to our offices, at least three times, throwing in a molotov cocktail and a bomb and starting a fire that caused an estimated $20,000 in damages to our offices and delivered a manifesto containing threats. if that conduct is not terrorism, what is? we got this statement tonight from the u.s. attorney s office for the western district of texas. quote, generally, the court decides the applicable guideline range and the applicability of any enhancements or adjustments at sentencing. we cannot comment on the pending sentencing. it is true that the judge who ultimately sentences this guy for firebombing the democratic