Douglas Jensen wore a T-shirt with a large “Q” on it because he wanted the conspiracy theory to get credit for what happened that day, his defense attorney Christopher Davis said.
By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press
As he handed down the sentence, Judge Timothy Kelly said he wasn’t sure Jensen understood the seriousness of a violent attack in which he played a “big role.” He gave a brief statement to the judge, saying that he wanted to return to “being a family man and my normal life before I got involved with politics.”
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