Michigan man gets 5 years in prison for role in Capitol riot

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

Chief Judge Beryl Howell also sentenced Anthony Robert Williams, 47, of Southgate, Michigan, to three years of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine, according to a U.S. Justice Department news release.

In June, a jury convicted Williams of a felony count of obstructing the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College vote. Jurors also convicted him of four related misdemeanor offenses.

Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of five years and four months for Williams, who was arrested in Detroit in March 2021.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-electoral-college-congress-government-and-politics-ba98a37621bb5d5e83ac42cd88241e38

[irisblue]

1. Good. FAFO

[Auggie]

2. Great news

[Novara]

3. They started with less serious cases and now they're prosecuting cases that net serious jail time

Good. It sure is satisfying to see these motherfuckers going to prison for years.

[Botany]

4. Ike would have had no time for that punk.

I hope he enjoys his time in federal prison, 3 years on probation, and a lifetime of being seen as
a shit. BTW I wonder if in doing his time he will come to the conclusion that he did it all for a lie
by a con man?

Nice of him to take a selfie inside the Capitol.

[Codifer]

11. In the worst scenario

he will be accepted as a hero by the aryan brotherhood and will be a bully for five years while improving his terrorist skill set. Racist guards will look the other way.

Solution: Either life without parole or death.

I have no more fucks to give.

[3Hotdogs]

14. If he's good in prison, maybe Sanny Claws will bring him a shiny, new AR 15 for Christm- WHAT?

He might not be able to own any more guns?

Da fuck is that bullshit. No more guns.

[Turbineguy]

6. I kind of feel sorry for everybody who was

swayed by trump's lies.

They are my fellow Americans, if not for Fox News, RW Hate Radio, and trump, they might have been decent people.

[Samrob]

8. For some, it's who they really are. i don't feel sorry for them. i feel sorry for all those

who didn't take part in the insurrection but who may lose their freedoms and country because of those who did! It's not even like Jones Town where I did feel sorry for those who followed Jim Jones. They were taking their beliefs with them somewhere else and not intending to hurt others. These MAGA insurrectionists were all about hurting and even killing others. Intentional violence was what it was all about for them. Fuck them!

[hibbing]

7. Your hero and best president ever is very concerned about you n/t

[Grokenstein]

13. They should put a screen in his cell

which displays images of dim donnie smirking and doing his stupid flossing-my-ears "dance" in a constant loop.

But I suppose that would be cruel and unusual.

[Grins]

9. AGAIN!!!! LESS than the sentencing recommendation of prosecutors!

It has become predictable.

[BlueJac]

12. Awesome