Former Solider Who Attacked Capitol On Jan. 6 Receives Longest Prison Sentence Of Any Insurrectionist Thus Far
The former solider who was seen on camera spraying a chemical agent at Capitol police on Jan. 6 was convicted last week and sentenced to nearly four years in prison. This lengthy sentence is perhaps something that fellow domestic terrorist (and gay-for-pay porn star) Sergeant Miles—who was charged with similar crimes after being seen on camera assaulting police and smashing a window—can look forward to when his trial begins later this year. Via Stripes.com:
A former Fort Bragg soldier, who reenlisted in the Army after attacking police with chemical spray during the riot at the U.S. Capitol, will now serve the longest prison sentence handed down so far against a defendant tied to the massive insurrection case.
On Friday, a federal judge in Washington sentenced both James Mault of Fayetteville, N.C., and a co-defendant to 44 months in prison plus three years of supervised release.
“They were not patriots on Jan. 6,” Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said during the hearings for Mault, 30, and Cody Mattice, 29, of Greece, N.Y., according to NBC News. “No one who broke police lines that day were. They were criminals.”
A weeping Mault, formerly of Brockport, N.Y., took responsibility for his actions but asked for leniency.
“Those police officers did not deserve what happened to them,” Mault told the judge before she announced his punishment. “As a soldier, I should have known better.”
