WASHINGTON — A host of the far-right media outlet InfoWars was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors charged Shroyer because he had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement after interrupting a congressional hearing in 2019 and had agreed as part of that case not to utter “loud, threatening, or abusive language, or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place upon the United States Capitol Grounds.”
The government sought 120 days of incarceration for Shryoer, saying that while he did not step foot inside the Capitol, “many of those who listened to him” did.Shroyer’s defense team said that the case had been “characterized by a cooperative spirit between the defense and the Government” and asked that he be spared prison time.
When he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Shroyer “wore two hats: one was that of outraged citizen who believed that an election had been rigged, the other as full-time journalist and commentator who sought a front-row seat at an historic event,” his defense team wrote.
During Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, Shroyer told the court, “I was not a part of any larger plan for illegal activity or violence that day."
Shroyer was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who last week sent Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio to federal prison for a record-setting term of 22 years.
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WASHINGTON — A host of the far-right media outlet InfoWars was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors charged Shroyer because he had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement after interrupting a congressional hearing in 2019 and had agreed as part of that case not to utter “loud, threatening, or abusive language, or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place upon the United States Capitol Grounds.”
The government sought 120 days of incarceration for Shryoer, saying that while he did not step foot inside the Capitol, “many of those who listened to him” did.Shroyer’s defense team said that the case had been “characterized by a cooperative spirit between the defense and the Government” and asked that he be spared prison time.
When he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Shroyer “wore two hats: one was that of outraged citizen who believed that an election had been rigged, the other as full-time journalist and commentator who sought a front-row seat at an historic event,” his defense team wrote.
During Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, Shroyer told the court, “I was not a part of any larger plan for illegal activity or violence that day."
Shroyer was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who last week sent Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio to federal prison for a record-setting term of 22 years.
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