Feds Seek Prison for Rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz' Sweatshirt

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Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt. Photographs of Robert Keith Packer wearing the sweatshirt with the antisemitic message went viral after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is scheduled to sentence Packer on May 23. He faces a maximum sentence of six months imprisonment after pleading guilty in January to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. On Monday, prosecutors asked Nichols to sentence Packer to 75 days of incarceration followed by three years of probation.

Packer, 57, of Newport News, Virginia, is a self-employed pipe fitter and a nonlicensed plumber. Prosecutors say he has a lengthy criminal record, with approximately 21 convictions, mostly for drunken driving and other motor vehicle violations.

“He told the agents he heard the shot and saw her fall back from the window she was trying to climb through,” prosecutors wrote. Packer was evasive and minimized his actions when FBI agents interviewed him, according to prosecutors.

 

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