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Fascist Trump foot soldier receives slap on the wrist in sentencing for January 6 coup
In the first felony sentencing hearing related to Donald Trump’s attempted coup on January 6, US District Judge Randolph Moss, an appointee of President Barack Obama, sentenced Paul A. Hodgkins, 38, to eight months in prison after he pled guilty to a single count of obstructing an official proceeding.
The sentence is less than half of the 15–21 months recommended by federal prosecutors and a mere fraction of the 20-year maximum allowable under the law. As part of Hodgkins’ guilty plea last month, prosecutors agreed to drop four misdemeanor counts of trespassing and disorderly conduct. He had previously been released on bail after posting a $25,000 bond.
Amidst ongoing threats of fascist violence, National Guard soldiers to remain deployed around Capitol
Demonstrating the ongoing threat of fascistic terrorist violence and persistent concerns of an “insider” attack, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday evening approved a request from acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman to keep 2,300 National Guard soldiers deployed around the Capitol complex for another 60 days, through May 23.
National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the Capitol grounds since the evening of January 6 after a far-right mob on the orders of former President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol in an attempt to block Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote and keep Trump in power.
Donald Trump will use CPAC comeback speech to repeat false claim he won the election and push for voting reforms after losing scores of court challenges to results
Trump to use speech Sunday at the Conservative Political Action Conference to push repeated claims that he is the true victor of the 2020 presidential election
The conference will include several panel discussions focused on election fraud
One panel will include an appearance from Cleta Michell, a former Trump campaign attorney attempting to overturn the election results
Another will include former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who worked on Trump s campaign and sued Nevada to overturn Biden s victory there