A 38-year-old man from Tampa, Fla. became only the second Capitol riot defendant to strike a plea deal — an agreement that could give insight into the government’s strategy for prosecuting the hundreds of other alleged rioters
A 38-year-old man from Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday became only the second defendant charged in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to plead guilty to obstructing Congress’ certification of the 2020 election results — an agreement that could shed light on the government’s strategy for prosecuting the hundreds of other alleged perpetrators of the insurrection.
However, defendants are typically sentenced in accordance with federal sentencing guidelines, and in most cases — especially for defendants with little or no criminal record — those standards call for sentences far shorter than the maximum. Hodgkins, who has no prior criminal convictions, is tentatively scheduled to be sentenced on July 19.
The guidelines also call for a fine of between $7,500 and $75,000 for the obstruction charge — in addition to the $2,000 in restitution Moss said had been calculated as Hodgkins’ share of the roughly $1.5 million worth of damage done to the Capitol during the riot. Schaffer, a self-described “lifetime member” of the Oath Keepers, entered into a cooperation agreement with the government that could allow him to share potential knowledge about the dozen other members of the anti-government militia network charged with conspiring to stop Congress’ election certification.
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