"You, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country and to the republic and to the very fabric of this democracy," Judge Amit Mehta told Stewart Rhodes before handing down the sentence.
New Hampshire State Police said the driver, John Carter, 36, of Hill, was being stopped for speeding in a 50 MPH zone at around 4:17 p.m. when he did a "burnout" across the roadway and accelerated away.