A Florida man was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison Friday for throwing objects at police officers during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
, the longest sentence yet handed down involving the riot.... [+]
President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. Robert S. Palmer, who pleaded guilty in October, threw a fire extinguisher, a long pole and a plank at officers outside the Capitol Building.
After his plea agreement, while being held in a D.C. jail, Palmer lied on an online fundraising plea that he did “go on the defense” when throwing the fire extinguisher at police in retaliation for being shot with rubber bullets and tear gas. Palmer later admitted he was not shot prior to attacking the officers, and U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan deemed this lie a sign he had not taken responsibility for his actions.
Palmer’s plea agreement had called for a sentence in the range of 46 to 57 months, but Chutkan extended it to a range of 63 to 78 months due to his lying, ultimately landing on a 63-month term. “The people working in the Capitol that night, they are patriots,” Chutkan said to Palmer in the courtroom. “Doing what they get paid to do, they didn’t know if they were going to come out of there alive that night.”220.
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