Calling Capitol riot defendant Doug Jensen a pacesetter of the riot, D.C. federal Choose Tim Kelly sentenced Jensen to 5 years in jail.
Kelly slammed Jensen for his lack of regret and for goading rioters to assault Officer Eugene Goodman and the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The decide mentioned Goodman had prevented bloodshed by “miraculously” luring Jensen and the mob away from the Senate. Prosecutors referred to as Jensen the “poster boy of the Riot” and an emboldener of the assault, as one of many first 10 rioters who breached the Capitol.
Jensen appeared to squander a possibility for some extent leniency by giving a tepid assertion on the listening to. He expressed no regret for the crime and mentioned little greater than “I need to return to being a household man and to a standard life earlier than turning into concerned in politics.” Choose Kelly criticized the assertion, noting his lack of regret or acknowledgement of any duty.
Prosecutors emphasised the distinctive function performed by Jensen through the assault. One assistant U.S. lawyer argued that Jensen “was attempting to fireplace up a revolution.”
“He compelled Officer Goodman to retreat,” she mentioned, including that Jensen had “gambled on the actual fact Officer Goodman would not pull the set off” of his firearm due to the dimensions of the mob. “Officer Goodman was heroic,” she mentioned.
Capitol Police Inspector Tom Loyd testified at sentencing concerning the horrors and accidents that resulted from Jensen’s actions that day. “The mob attacked us,” Loyd mentioned, including that nonetheless, “the defendant was in a position to stroll out of the Capitol. He can thank Officer Goodman.” Loyd mentioned if Goodman hadn’t lured the mob away from the senators, who had been evacuating, “there would’ve been bloodshed.”
Here is the letter Loyd submitted to the courtroom:
Jensen, 43, of Des Moines, Iowa, was discovered responsible by a jury of 5 felony offenses, together with assaulting, resisting or impeding a regulation enforcement officer and obstruction of an official continuing. He additionally was discovered responsible of two misdemeanor offenses in September.
He was being held within the Alexandria, Va., jail previous to sentencing and will likely be transferred to custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
