Man found guilty of threatening lawmakers after trial testimony from Capitol police, Ocasio-Cortez staffer By Cassidy McDonald AOC staffer testifies in trial on threats
After a one-week trial that featured testimony from a Capitol police officer and a staffer for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Trump supporter was found guilty Wednesday of threatening to assault and murder members of U.S. Congress in online statements he made before and after the January 6 Capitol attack.
Brendan Hunt, 37, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22, and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, the Justice Department said.
Hunt s was believed to be the first criminal trial in a case connected to the Capitol riot, though he did not participate in the siege in D.C. He was charged instead for statements he made online. A video that prosecutors said he posted two days after the Capitol riot on the video-sharing site Bitchute was titled KILL YOUR SENATORS and
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A screenshot of Brendan Hunt from his YouTube account, under the name xrayultra.
BROOKLYN (CN) Prosecutors called a United States Capitol police officer to testify Friday in the Brooklyn federal trial of a Queens man charged with threatening to murder members of Congress before, and in the days following, the Jan. 6 riots in Washington.
Special Agent Christopher Desrosiers had been working from home that day due to the Covid-19 pandemic, when he got notice that there had been a security breach and officers may need backup.
Having turned on the TV and seen demonstrations underway, Desrosiers was already in his car by the time he got confirmation that help was needed.
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