GOP Rep Wants Leniency For Violent Convicted Rioter

November 16, 2023 Extremists, Republicans

Lafayette’s NBC affiliate reports:

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins told a federal judge last week that the Texas man who pled guilty to assaulting police while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was “a man of good character, faith, and core principles.”

Ryan Taylor Nichols pled guilty last Tuesday to two counts of obstruction and assaulting, resisting or impeding police. He could face up to 14 years in prison when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth. Lamberth has not set a date yet for sentencing.

Higgins wrote a letter to Lamberth dated Nov. 7 seeking leniency for Nichols, a man who promised to “bring violence” the day of the insurrection. “Mr. Nichols has already paid a tremendous price in time and treasure,” Higgins wrote. “His case must be considered fairly and thoroughly in line with his fundamental constitutional rights.”

Nichols has raised $235,000 in a GiveSendGo money beg:



Since turning myself in, my life has been nothing short of a nightmare. My bond was denied, and I was moved by the US Marshalls from jail to jail across the United States before arriving in Washington DC. Personally, I went through 5 jails within 50 days before finally being locked in solitary confinement for 23-30 hours a day in Washington DC on March 9.

We now are allowed 5.5 hours out of our cell each day, but still are: Not allowed haircuts or shaves without a COVID shot. Even though not every officer or staff member at this jail has the Vaccine. Given Bologna sandwiches for dinner 4/7 nights each week. (The other 3 dinners consist of Peanut Butter or Turkey sandwiches).

And this is just to name a few things – I could go on. My family has been extremely impacted by all of this. My children are devastated that daddy was suddenly yanked out of there lives without any notice at all. My youngest, who just turned 5, tells me he “doesn’t even remember what I look like,” and wants to know “am I ever coming home?”

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