WASHINGTON – A Donald Trump supporter who “blindsided” a US Capitol police officer from behind On January 6 On Tuesday, he was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Ralph CelentanoA New York man who considers Trump the greatest president in American history has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly called Celentano’s behavior “disgraceful” and found no excuse for it, calling the attack on the officer “a truly cowardly and despicable act.”
Celentano was arrested in 2022 and tried in court last year. Court evidence shows she believed Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, posting on social media that “crooked poll workers need to be brought before the judges” on Jan. 6 before heading to the Stop The Stealing rally in Washington, D.C., and then the Capitol.
“Admittedly, while ‘polarizing’ from the rally, Celentano marched toward the Capitol Building holding a Trump flag, folding chairs strapped to a backpack and chanting, ‘Kill them all and let God handle it,'” prosecutors said. he wrote.
While in the Peace District, Celentano said in a video that the rioters should “occupy the Capitol, this is our building,” and then joined the crowd confronting the officers, calling them “sore s—-s,” prosecutors said. Celentano then pushed the officers and used his shield against them.
Eventually, Celentano pushed US Capitol Police Officer Kenrick Ellis over the bar. Ellis, who served in the military in Iraq, testified that during the fighting outside the Capitol, he thought “this was the end” for him and feared he would never see his five-year-old son again.