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by Nathalie Graham • Jul 19, 2021 at 5:16 pm Jeff is ready to fling himself into the great beyond. Mark Wilson/Getty Images First felony sentencing for insurrectioner: Paul Hodgkins, 38, is the Florida man who stormed the Capitol and waved a Trump 2020 flag on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Hodgkins will go to jail for eight months for obstruction of an official proceeding. The sentence is significantly lower than the 15 to 21 month recommended sentence. At the sentencing, the judge said, "It was an assault on the Capitol and it w...