On Wednesday, Federal judge Royce Lamberth handed down the first sentence of almost 500 (and counting) defendants in the sprawling investigation of the 1/6 insurrection attempt.
In a 2008 photo, Lamberth has the look of a Dutch uncle. You could see any one of a dozen character actors playing him in a movie.
“A sizable part of our public may not think that I’m enacting an appropriate sentence in this case today, in giving you the break that I’m going to give you,” he told the defendant, a 49-year-old grandmother from Indiana farm country. She got four years' probation and a $500 fine for her 10 minutes of trespassing in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor charge. She must also do 120 hours of community service.
The sentence was light because the woman was repentant. She hadn't committed or advocated violence. She had written a letter about how, as a resident of a tiny town, she knew little about other Americans. Her attitudes changed once she learned more about the experience of American people of color. "I've learned that even though we live in a wonderful country, things still need to improve," she said. "People of all colors should feel as safe as I do to walk down the street."
The judge was not so kind with his remarks about lawmakers and others who want to whitewash the insurrection attempt, criticizing "The accounts of some members of Congress that January 6 was just a day of tourists walking through the Capitol. I don’t know what planet they were on, but there were millions of people in this country that saw what happened.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/politics/capitol-rioter-sentenced/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2GH84QveA6hQa68OF6WiysQdGDLvHd1gqlWid_wS_ybjlLlXvVDP2sP4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/23/us-capitol-riot-sentencing-anna-morgan-lloyd
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