U.S. Capitol Rioter Who Breached the Senate Gets 8 Months in Jail - a podcast by time.com

from 2021-07-20T08:53:04

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A crane operator from Florida who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag was sentenced Monday to eight months behind bars, the first punishment handed down for a felony charge in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and one that could help determine the severity of other sentences in hundreds of pending cases.

In pronouncing the sentence on Paul Allard Hodgkins, U.S.