“You are not a political prisoner,” the judge told him. “You’re not somebody who is standing up against injustice or fighting against an autocratic regime.”
a 10-year sentence for assaulting an officer with a metal flagpole on Jan. 6.
“By throwing that chair, Schwartz directly contributed to the fall of the police line that enabled rioters to flood forward and take over the entire terrace,”He was armed with a wooden tire knocker and a police-issued “super soaker” canister of pepper spray, which he sprayed at the retreating officers.
Schwartz’s defense attorneys requested a sentence between four and six years, claiming their client was motivated by a “misunderstanding” about the 2020 election, fueled by Donald Trump’s repeated lies that the election was rigged against him. Schwartz bragged about storming the Capitol, and has claimed that his prosecution is politically motivated, prosecutors said.He referred to the riot as the “opening of a war” in a Facebook post a day after the riot.Schwartz has raised over $71,000 from an online fundraising campaign entitled “Patriot Pete Political Prisoner in DC.”
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