Trump supporter who bragged he'd be cleared of Jan. 6 charges and would be paid 'a huge premium' gets 2 years in prison
Source: Law & Crime
Oct 12th, 2024, 6:47 pm
A supporter of former President Donald Trump from Montana, who bragged that not only would he be cleared of charges for entering the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots but would be paid “a huge premium” for it, will spend two years in prison.
Henry Phillip “Hank” Muntzer, 55, learned his fate on Thursday after he was found guilty in February of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, trespassing, disorderly conduct and picketing in the Capitol and was ordered to pay $2,000 restitution. The charge of obstructing an official proceeding was dismissed before sentencing because a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June made it more difficult to prosecute that charge, The Associated Press reported.
As Law&Crime reported in February, the defendant was a part of the “Stop the Steal” rally when rioters disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress counting the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election. Muntzer entered the Capitol that afternoon — at one point, recording a video of himself commenting that he had passed “through all the tear gas” to “tak[e] the Capitol by storm,” officials said.
Inside, Muntzer was involved in physical confrontations with law enforcement and joined a crowd of rioters confronting officers blocking a doorway leading to the Capitol’s Upper West Terrace. He joined a group of rioters pushing back at officers, who had their backs to a set of stairs, officials said. At one point, Muntzer resisted police efforts to clear the Rotunda and was one of the last rioters in the area before leaving the building at 3:22 p.m., authorities said. FBI agents arrested him on Jan. 18, 2021.
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Full headline: ‘Stormed the Capitol’: Trump supporter who bragged he’d be cleared of Jan. 6 charges and would be paid ‘a huge premium’ gets 2 years in prison
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The Judicial Branch does that.
So you can thank Chief Justice John Roberts of our most Supreme Court, for magnificently delaying any adjudication of the matter.
And in the case of NYC, thank Judge Juan Merchan for delaying the sentencing for the 34 convictions obtained by Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg.
One can also add to that Judge Scott McAfee in the state of GA, for systematically removing charges from D.A. Fani Willis' case while going after her instead of 45 and his criminal cabal.
