NBC News reports:
A former West Virginia lawmaker who stormed the U.S. Capitol on behalf of former President Donald Trump while livestreaming his felonious activity on Facebook was sentenced to three months in prison on Wednesday.
Derrick Evans, who had been sworn in as a Republican state delegate just a few weeks before the Capitol attack, was arrested and charged just after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. He pleaded guilty in March 2022.
Justice Department prosecutors had sought the three-month sentence for Evans, saying he cheered on rioters and told his followers, “The revolution has started!”
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Evans was arrested two days after the riot. He resigned from the West Virginia legislature the following day, only 25 days after having been sworn in.
Not one for subtlety, Derrick Evans screamed, “Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” in his own Facebook livestream. Now, he has been sentenced to three months in jail for storming the Capitol on January 6. https://t.co/3GsF8qmkxU
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 22, 2022
MORE: Derrick Evans, the Republican West Virginia delegate who served just a month in office before resigning after the #CapitolRiot, was sentenced today to three months in prison and $4,000 in fines and restitution. https://t.co/y6KKD2wrdZ
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) June 22, 2022