Capitol Rioter Gets Off Easy Because 'His Wife Is Still Mad At Him'

A Capitol Rioter has been sentenced to just over a month in prison, and his lawyers had one of the most ridiculous arguments when making their plea for a lighter sentence. According to the lawyers, the man has already suffered enough because even a year after the event, his wife is apparently still mad at him. Farron Cousins explains this ridiculous defense, and the even more ridiculous sentencing that the man received.

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A capital rioter who wore a t-shirt that said, God, guns Trump during the capital riot has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for his actions on that fateful day. 45 days in jail is not very much. I mean, I guess if you have to serve it, it probably seems like an eternity, right? I've never been to jail. So I wouldn't know, but for participating in what amounted to an insurrection against the government of the United States, 45 days in a county jail, probably not that bad compared to some of the alternatives, but what gets me about this particular story with this, uh, capital rioter man, by the name of Jeffrey, um, who of course, you know, has pleaded guilty here. His lawyers, according to the judge put forward such a good argument that he did get a more lenient sentence. That argument, well, his wife is still mad at him.

I wish I was making that up. I wish I was exaggerating, but I'm I'm, I'm literally not. Let me read this. Getting the plea. You did reflects some good lawyering. The judge said registers lawyer argued that her client should get a softer sentence because of the personal punishments he suffered following the riot quote, his wife is still angry with him about his decision to do this said Kara Halverson. So if your wife, or if the other way around, if your husband, if spouse is still mad at you folks, after you commit a crime, even a year later for, you know, 13 months later, if your spouse is still mad, just know, apparently that is a valid reason for you to get a lesser sentence.

I could just imagine moving forward, the people going into court, being like, sure, your honor, I killed him. But man, my wife is about it. So you can't send me to jail forever because trust me, I'm living in hell right now, back at home, you know, what was this like a bad like 1970s comic, like take my, what? This is, this is absurd. He got a less sentence because his lawyer who look Kara Halverson, clearly a good lawyer. If you can convince a judge to give somebody a lesser sentence, just because their spouse is off at them after 13 months, that's a good lawyer. You know, if I, if I'm one of these, you know, other capital riots, a waiting trial, I'm picking up the phone and I'm calling Cara Halverson right now, because that is phenomenal. Now I would love to hear what the full argument was like, how she convinced this judge, that just because the dude's wife is still angry, he shouldn't have a longer present sentence.

And to be honest, you know, my wife and I actually just, uh, a couple days ago celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. So we've been married 13 years if I did something and my wife was still mad at me, 13, 14 months later. Um, I'm probably gonna go before that judge and be like, Hey, you know what, if you wanna send me away for like three months, four months. Totally cool. I gotta get outta the house, but no, because his wife is allegedly still angry, 45 day sentence, quick month. And a, maybe she'll be mad when he gets out. Maybe everything will be fine at that point. But again, I guess hats off to this lawyer, uh, uh, Kara Halverson again, because clearly you did a phenomenal job of saying that because somebody's wife is mad at them. They shouldn't spend more time in jail for participating in an insurrection against the us government.