Tucker Carlson’s “Fed” Gets 10 Months On J6 Charges

August 16, 2024 Crime, Trump cultists

From the Justice Department:

A Missouri man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Rally Runner, F.K.A., Daniel Donnelly, Jr., 44, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $3,000 in fines and restitution by U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb.

Runner previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder on March 22, 2024.

According to court documents, Runner traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the former President’s rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021.

After the rally, Runner proceeded to the U.S. Capitol building and, ultimately, the Lower West Terrace Tunnel, wearing a red “Keep America Great” hat, red jacket, and distinctive red face paint.

The Tunnel was the site of some of the most violent attacks against law enforcement on January 6th. Rioters at the Tunnel battled police officers for hours as they attempted to storm the Capitol building. Here, police had retreated inside the Tunnel to protect an entrance to the Capitol building.

Court documents say that Runner, standing just outside the Tunnel, first helped the crowd pass a ladder toward the Tunnel’s opening before moving closer to the front of the crowd of rioters.

Runner then made his way to the threshold of the Tunnel’s entrance, facing off with police and holding a riot shield he had obtained earlier.

Law enforcement officers attempted to move the crowd out of the Tunnel. Runner is seen holding up the stolen riot shield to the law enforcement officers, forming a wall in connection with other shields held by other rioters.

The rioters then surged forward as a group, with Runner in the lead, using his shield to push officers backward.

Runner used his shield for the next several minutes to continuously push against officers, gaining ground and eventfully forcing the officers into the Capitol building.

After approximately 10 minutes, a second group of officers joined the push, and the rioters were forced out of the Tunnel. After being forced out of the Tunnel, Runner triumphantly celebrated his conduct.

Later that day, on January 6th, Runner posted a video on his Facebook page in which he admitted to being at the U.S. Capitol.

In the video, Runner states, in part, “I get a riot shield, and I’m not trying to cause any violence, but I’m trying to be the furthest person to get through all the way, or at least get the furthest” and “I took up a lot of space, and I had the rioter shield, and I was right up there, and for some reason, like, the other people up there on the front lines with me, they did something similar…. It’s like they followed my lead, kind of.”

Courthouse News reports:

Runner’s defense attorney, Nat Rosenblum of firm Rosenblum Schwartz, urged Cobb to show his client mercy and only sentence him to a period of probation.

He explained that Runner had certain personality traits that made him “susceptible to brainwashing,” an apparent reference to his belief in the false claims Trump and his conservative allies made about election fraud in 2020 that culminated in the Capitol riot.

Rosenblum also pushed for probation over potential safety concerns Runner may face after being highlighted in a December 2021 segment of Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show as a possible “government plant” meant to provoke Trump supporters to violence.

Don’t expect Fox to cover the sentence.



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