Aaron Blake, Washington Post -Justice awaits Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election. But even as his indictments have landed, we’ve seen some of the longest prison sentences yet for those wrapped up in his “big lie” alleging that election was stolen. The longest was handed down Tuesday in the case of former Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who received a record 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy....
All told, well over 100 Jan. 6 defendants have cited Trump’s role in their actions. That should certainly be viewed as the blame-shifting legal strategy that it is. But it does appear to have some merit, given that Trump’s claims of massive voter fraud were demonstrably false and were a necessary component of that day’s events.Certainly Trump can share some blame when it comes to the huge toll exacted on people’s lives.
The sentences over the past week — including 22 years for Tarrio, 17 for Biggs and 15 for Rehl — bring the total number of years of incarceration in Jan. 6 sentences to about 700, according to a Washington Post review of Justice Department data.More than 350 people have been sentenced to jail or prison time, with an average sentence of just less than two years.
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