Florida man gets 8 months in 刑務所,拘置所 in U.S. (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 attack

By 示す Hosenball

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - A 連邦の 裁判官 on Monday dealt an eight-month 刑務所,拘置所 宣告,判決 to Paul Hodgkins for the Florida man's 役割 in the Jan. 6 U.S. (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 attack, making him the first の中で more than 500 people 直面するing 犯罪の 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s in the 暴動 to be incarcerated.

Hodgkins, 38, pleaded 有罪の on June 2 to one 重罪 count of obstruction of an 公式の/役人 訴訟/進行, as 議会 was in the 過程 of 正式に certifying Joe Biden's 選挙 last November as U.S. 大統領,/社長 when 支持者s of then-大統領 Donald Trump rampaged through the building.

検察官,検事s had asked U.S. 地区 裁判官 Randolph Moss to 課す a 宣告,判決 of 18 months in 刑務所,拘置所. Hodgkins' lawyer, Patrick Leduc, had 勧めるd that his (弁護士の)依頼人 serve no 刑務所,拘置所 time.

During a 宣告,判決ing 審理,公聴会, Hodgkins told Moss he is "remorseful and regretful" for his 活動/戦闘s and 定評のある that his 行為/行う may have emboldened others to engage in destructive 行為/法令/行動するs.

"This was a foolish 決定/判定勝ち(する) on my part that I take 十分な 責任/義務 for," 追加するd Hodgkins, a Tampa 居住(者) who 作品 as crane 操作者 for a steel company.

To date, 17 people have pleaded 有罪の to 暴動-関係のある 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s, a 法律 施行 公式の/役人 said.

検察官,検事 Mona Sedky told the 裁判官 that Hodgkins donned 保護の goggles before entering the 上院 議会 during the 暴動 and "proudly 提起する/ポーズをとるd for selfies," which he texted to friends. Sedky 定評のある that Hodgkins did not destroy any 所有物/資産/財産 "and he did not 負傷させる anyone."

Moss agreed that Hodgkins had not been violent, did not 脅す anyone and did not 組織する the (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 attack. But the 裁判官 said Hodgkins went to the (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 "to 妨げる the certification of the 選挙, and he 認める that he did so."

The 裁判官 said that while he believes Hodgkins' 参加 in the 暴動 was an "aberration in his life," he also believed the Jan. 6 attack had "(名声などを)汚すd" U.S. history and that 未来 暴動s need ed to be deterred.

More than 535 people have been 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with taking part in the attack, which followed Trump's repeated 誤った (人命などを)奪う,主張するs that the 選挙 was stolen from him through 普及した 投票(する)ing 詐欺.

Hodgkins became the first person 直面するing 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s stemming from the 暴動 to be 宣告,判決d to 刑務所,拘置所. The only other person so far to be 宣告,判決d on 暴動-関係のある 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s, Anna Morgan-Lloyd of Indiana, pleaded 有罪の to a 軽罪 and received three years of 保護監察.

非常に/多数の 暴動 被告s whose 事例/患者s are 未解決の 直面する more serious 犯罪の 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s than Hodgkins, and 潜在的に longer 刑務所,拘置所 条件.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by 示す Hosenball; Editing by Will Dunham)

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