WASHINGTON – A Donald Trump supporter who attacked officers while wearing a “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” T-shirt during the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Friday. To him.
Federal prosecutors sought a federal prison sentence of 14 years Christopher QuaglinHe said the New Jersey man was one of the most violent rioters on Jan. 6 and “brutally assaulted multiple officers” after calling for “civil war” and bragging about armed patriots attacking the Capitol.
“On at least a dozen occasions, Quaglin confronted officers while pushing with his screaming, outstretched arms, punched, kicked and punched officers; pushed bike racks into officers; even knocked one officer to the ground,” prosecutors said. he wrote.
Quaglin gave a lengthy statement at his sentencing, criticizing Judge Trevor McFadden after he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
“You are Trump’s worst mistake of 2016,” Quaglin told McFadden, a Trump appointee in 2017.