A U.S. Capitol Police sergeant says he lives 'with the fear of another attack happening,' stemming from former President Trump's false claims about the 2020 election and rage over the search of his Mar-a-Lago home.
, a member of the far-right Proud Boys organization who will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Friday.
In the victim impact statement filed with the sentencing memo, the sergeant wrote that he hasn't been sleeping well since the attack and he wakes up tired most days. His wife says he tosses and turns more at night than he used to. Rioters"were given a path to succeed by a bold lie" and the"continued inaction" of those who aided their movement, the sergeant wrote. Right-wing militia groups"sought to undermine our democratic process of the peaceful transfer of power because theyWithout naming Trump, he wrote,"A man gave these men and women an outlet for their extremist ideologies as well as permission to feel empowered by their beliefs to act out because they didn’t get their way.
The U.S. legal system, he continued,"must not tolerate any form of insurrection or coup due to a lie."
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