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Fmr #Trump #StateDept ofcl #sentenced to 70 months for #Jan6 assaults
In finding Klein #guilty, Judge #McFadden, a Trump appointee, …emphasized that #FedericoKlein had repeatedly told associates that he was intimately familiar w/the congressional proceedings occurring in the Capitol on Jan.6, underscoring his intent to obstruct & disrupt lawmakers' effort to certify Joe #Biden's victory in the #2020election.
#Insurrection #TrumpCoup #democracy #PoliticalViolence #law
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/03/trump-jan-6-election-00125326
Prosecutors, who asked for a 10yr #sentence, say #Klein was an early adherent of Trump's #BigLie that the #2020election was stolen, taking time off from the #StateDept to *investigate* claims of #fraud in Las Vegas. He repeatedly told friends & acquaintances that #Jan6 was the last chance to reverse #Trump's defeat in the election.
After a prolonged confrontation w/police in the tunnel, …Klein grabbed a police riot shield & used it to prevent officers from closing an ext door to the Capitol.
(Using) the shield as a wedge, #Klein & other insurgents pried the doors open again & cont’d their attacks on the police in the tunnel, which lasted close to 2 more hrs,.
Klein asked to be sentenced to 40 days in prison, which appears to be roughly the amt of time he spent in pretrial custody in 2021. He contended that prosecutors overstated his role in the violence & he also pointed to his 9 yrs in the #Marine Corps, incl’g a tour in #Iraq 2005.