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Capitol Rioter Photographed Carrying Nancy Pelosi’s Podium Sentenced To 75 Days In Prison (Update)

<p>Adam Johnson&comma; the Florida man who bragged that he &&num;8220&semi;broke the internet&&num;8221&semi; during the January 6th attack on the U&period;S&period; Captiol&comma; was sentenced to 75 days in prison on Friday&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;politics&sol;justice-department&sol;capitol-rioter-photographed-pelosis-podium-jan-6-sentenced-prison-rcna17409">NBC news<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Johnson stood before U&period;S&period; District Court Judge Reggie B&period; Walton&comma; who said he made &&num;8220&semi;a mockery&&num;8221&semi; of the unfortunate event by grabbing Speaker Pelosi&&num;8217&semi;s lectern&comma; posing for a photo with it&comma; and allegedly directing other rioters to enter her office&period; Judge Walton sentenced Johnson to 75 days in prison&comma; and hit him with a fine of &dollar;5&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;What do you do to send a message to the American public that yes&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s fine to protest&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s totally reprehensible and must be sanctioned if you do something to undermine the fundamental fabric of this country&comma; which is what happened on Jan&period; 6th of last year&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Walton said on Friday&period; &&num;8220&semi;That&&num;8217&semi;s the hard challenge I have&&num;8230&semi;How can you call yourself a good role model or those five boys when you come up and do something like this&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Johnson&comma; a father of five&comma; pleaded guilty to one count of entering or remaining in any restricted building on November 22nd&period; He reportedly admitted to unlawfully entering the Capitol&comma; and grabbing Pelosi&&num;8217&semi;s podium &&num;8220&semi;because he believed it would made a good prop for a picture&period;&&num;8221&semi; He also admitted to shouting that a George Washington statue would be &&num;8220&semi;a great battering ram&&num;8221&semi; for rioters to break into the floor of the U&period;S&period; House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Jessica Arco told the court Friday that Johnson deserved prison time for his actions&comma; and said video footage from the attack showed he was &&num;8220&semi;part of a violent mob&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While Adam Johnson seemed to be quite proud of his actions on Jan&period; 6th&comma; his attorney&&num;8217&semi;s claimed that he &&num;8220&semi;deeply regrets his participation in the break of the U&period;S&period; Capitol and that the &&num;8220&semi;damage and vile inflicted on that date by others is contrary to everything he believes in&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Johnson will get credit for time he&&num;8217&semi;s already served&comma; leaving him about 60 days in prison&comma; and will have to complete 200 hours of community service while on probation for one year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"dangerously-inserted&lowbar;&lowbar;html ">&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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