'Do not fall victim to false gods again': Judge worries about rioters acting in 2024
(CNN)A federal judge warned on Wednesday that Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, should be more cautious about which political leaders they follow in the future, and said that placing rioters on probation through the 2024 election could be a more effective sentence than short prison terms.
"Many politicians are writing a false narrative about what happened," said District Judge Thomas Hogan, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan. "I think they are misleading people ... I am terribly afraid that people are going to follow that false narrative."
Hogan added that he was concerned whether January 6 defendants "aren't taking responsibility for what their role was and what they might do after the next election," and called the riot an "unforgivable" day that will "affect this country for many years."
The comments came during a sentencing hearing for defendant Jacob Wiedrich, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegally demonstrating in the Capitol. Wiedrich was sentenced to three years of probation so that he would be supervised through the 2024 presidential election "to make sure that you do not fall victim to false gods again."
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