The judge refused to sentence him for terrorism, although prosecutors had requested that, US media reported. The member of the extremist Three Percenters militia was found guilty of five offenses in March. For example, he threatened to shoot his son if he turned him in to the detectives, which the son did anyway.
With the bloody stampede on the Capitol, supporters of then-President Trump wanted to prevent his rival Biden from being confirmed as the winner of the election. “In a democracy, we respect a peaceful transfer of power,” the judge emphasized.
