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
back, tried to throw in a firework that set off an explosion. he left a threatening note which basically said that democrats could have all the blue states but, quote, one thing you can t have is texas. quote, consider this a light warning. a few days later, a few days after we featured that footage here, a suspect was arrested on federal arson charges. the man has been out on $2,500 bond with an ankle monitor since shortly after that arrest. his case has been in the hands of federal prosecutors in texas. this week we learned that those prosecutors have now reached a plea deal with the guy. he has pled guilty to the arson charge. 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