Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the federal court by former President Donald Trump, said Secor's conduct was,"about as blatant and obstructive as any [he's] seen from that day that didn't include actual violence."
She also said that Secor's specific presence in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, and in Vice President Mike Pence's chair on the Senate Floor, were concerning given his prior comments about civil war. At his hearing, Secor declined to speak, other than to say that the"operation" referred to in those messages referred to a business idea rather than any violence.that six days after the riot, an associate texted Secor about buying guns:"hey bro do you make any Glocks or AR for sale?"
Secor had asked for a sentence of two years' probation, with no prison time. His defense attorney noted that he did not commit any violence during the Capitol riot, and argued that his young age weighed in favor of leniency, citing research on the development of the brain's prefrontal cortex into a person's 20s.
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