Leo Brent Bozell IV, the scion of a outstanding household of conservative activists, was sentenced to 45 months in jail in a Washington, DC, federal court docket for his function within the January 6 rebellion on the US Capitol.
Through the rebellion, Bozell pushed previous police, broke a windowpane within the Senate constructing, chased a Capitol Police officer towards the Senate chamber, and entered each then-Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s workplace and the Senate flooring, in response to prosecutors, as lots of of Trump supporters sought to cease the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
“With out individuals like Mr Bozell, the riot doesn’t occur,” prosecutor Ashley Akers stated throughout sentencing. “He himself facilitated entry to the Capitol constructing for lots of of different rioters,” she added.
The sentence from Decide John D Bates was significantly lower than the greater than 11 years the federal government sought within the case.
The federal choose held Friday that the sentence, together with a terrorism enhancement sought by prosecutors, didn’t match the circumstances of Bozell’s crimes.
“I’m unsure that label is an applicable label for the defendant to have to hold with him,” he stated.
Nonetheless, the choose condemned the 44-year-old’s conduct, alongside that of different January 6 contributors.
“Not for a second ought to January 6 rioters be thought-about true patriots,” Decide Bates stated. “They’re not political prisoners. They’re not hostages.”
Throughout Friday’s sentencing listening to, Bozell apologised and stated his conduct “put a stain on my household ceaselessly.”
Bozell’s sentence additionally contains $4,727 in restitution.
The Pennsylvania man was convicted in September on 10 prices.
The January 6 riots marked the most recent look of the Bozell household identify in right-wing historical past.
Leo Leo Brent Bozell, Jr, ghost-wrote Arizona senator and presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s influential e book The Conscience of a Conservative, whereas Leo Leo Brent Bozell, III, based the Media Analysis Heart, a bunch that monitored and critiqued liberal media.
