A QAnon acolyte who led a mob of angry Jan. 6 rioters to charge after U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman during the storming of the Capitol, was hit with a 60-month prison sentence Friday.
Douglas Jensen, 43, a self-described"poster boy" for the riot, was captured on film leading the charge against Goodman, who sought to lure rioters from the Senate chambers.“You … put yourself at the forefront of the mob,” U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly scolded Jensen during a hearing Friday, the Washington Post reported. “There was nothing patriotic about it, no matter how much you might not have liked how the process of electing a president was perceived.
Jensen, who came from Des Moines, Iowa, was found guilty in September on seven counts stemming from his actions in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. He made the trip to Washington, D.C., with military-style rifles and was among the first 10 individuals to penetrate the Capitol, Kelly said during the hearing. Prosecutors dubbed him a"ringleader" in the riot and had hoped for a 64-month sentence followed by three years of supervised release, while Jensen's lawyers sought a more lenient 27-month prison stint, per NBC News. Some of the charges lodged against him included a felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers.
Jensen reportedly did not sound apologetic for his actions in the courtroom and his attorney defended him as an"uneducated union laborer who became overwhelmed by conspiracy theories disseminated on the internet." Qanon, the conspiracy to which he fell prey, posits that an evil cabal of elites secretly runs the country and participates in satanic child-eating practices and pedophilia.
Eugene Goodman deserves the Medal of Valor! He could have stepped aside and let Trump insurgents get to the Senate chamber while Senators were still there. Instead, this heroic officer got them to follow him the other direction, giving lawmakers time to escape! pic.twitter.com/BFeK3ZBktNOver 900 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol riot, including about 430 who have pleaded guilty to various crimes and just over 500 who have been sentenced, per the Associated Press.
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