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Politico reports:
One of the first rioters to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for barging through a shattered window and helping chase a police officer near the Senate chamber.
Hunter Seefried watched as another rioter — Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola — used a police shield to shatter a Capitol window, triggering the breach of the building. Seefried then helped clear glass from the window frame and entered the building.
He was accompanied by his father, Kevin Seefried, who infamously wielded a Confederate flag inside the Capitol. The elder Seefried, who is due to be sentenced in January, was granted permission to attend his son’s sentencing but didn’t appear to be in the courtroom.
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NEW: Hunter Seefried, who participated in the chase of USCP officer Eugene Goodman, gets two years for obstruction conviction. https://t.co/FDWromVEgI
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 24, 2022
McFadden described Seefried’s participation in the riot as “a flagrant affront to our system of government” but said his “impulsiveness” attributable to his relative youth was a mitigating factor.
His mother, present in the courtroom, pleaded for leniency.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 24, 2022
Hunter Seefried said he was deeply sorry for and ashamed of his actions, asking himself every day how he came to participate “in a day that will forever represent a stain on the character of our country.” https://t.co/pGMzrnPAgo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 24, 2022