The jury has found Dominic Pezzola not guilty of seditious conspiracy.

He was the first guy to breach the capitol.

Jury is coming back to the courtroom, presumably with more verdicts.

Tennessee Man Found Guilty of Eight Felony Charges, Including Assault, Related to J6 Capitol Breach

This is separate from the Proud Boys case in the same courthouse.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/tennessee-man-found-guilty-eight-felony-charges-including-assault-related-capitol-breach

@KodoAndSangha Blood, turnip and all that.

In comparison, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio didn't plead guilty, didn't accept responsibility, has been found guilty on five counts so far, and has a felony criminal history.

He's toast.

In this case, the defendant pleaded down to two counts (seditious conspiracy and obstruction) and had no criminal history. The two counts were considered concurrent (not consecutive) and the federal guideline range was 63 to 78 months.

Even though he cut his deal a year ago, Ulrich has not yet been sentenced because he's still cooperating with the government.

With the recent Oath Keepers and Proud Boys seditious conspiracy guilty verdicts, I thought it might be useful to show what the sentence calculations might look like.

This is from the guilty plea for J6 Defendant Brian Ulrich. It's worth a read.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1497916/download

@b4cks4w Since they're likely to receive longer sentences in this case, the Bureau of Prisons will assign to at least a medium security facility. That is where some seriously nasty and dangerous dudes reside.

Under federal law, they will have to serve at least 85% of their sentence, assuming they qualify for the 15% reduction for good behavior. This isn't like state prison where someone can get 6-20 years, but be out in 3.

@b4cks4w After the final verdicts, the Bureau of Prisons will prepare a pre-sentencing report which will detail a lot of factors that the jury didn't see (stuff like other criminal history.)

FWIW, judges tend to stick to the federal sentencing guideline formula. If they want to "depart" from it, they will often explain why to preserve their ruling from appeal.

The defendants can't start the appellate process until judgment is final (aka they've been sentenced.)

@b4cks4w Judges rely on a formula called the federal sentencing guidelines. It takes into account fact stuff like the guilty counts and the defendant's past criminal record, but adds in some harder to quantify factors like remorse, sophistication of the crime, and so on.

Most of charges will be concurrent so more guilty counts don't necessarily mean more jail time (3 yrs for 1 count + 2 yrs for another count = 3 yrs total,) but some may be consecutive (3 yrs + 2 yrs = 5 yrs.)

If you're curious why the jury is confused about that water bottle count. it involved a defendant who already took a guilty plea prior to the trial. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-north-carolina-chapter-proud-boys-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-and-assault-charges-jan-6

They will also continue deliberating on a handful of other counts, but this already a sound victory for the DOJ (and the country.)

The judge has instructed them to continue deliberating on the fifth defendant's verdict (Dominic Pezzola.)

A partial verdict in the Proud Boys case finds Enrique Tarrio and three of his clan clowns guilty of seditious conspiracy.

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Oh, wow. More details from the NY Times.

Florida man charged with setting off explosive device in Capitol tunnel during Jan. 6 riot
Daniel Ball of Homosassa is the only Jan. 6 defendant charged with setting off an explosive device during the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/florida-man-charged-setting-explosive-device-jan-6-rcna82564

Charming.

Former FBI Special Agent (active 2004-2017) arrested for J6 participation.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.173019/gov.uscourts.ord.173019.1.1.pdf

I just want to thank @th3j35t3r and all you CoSo regulars. On Twitter, I got hammered by near-constant abuse, and posting here has been quite sane and peaceful in comparison.

It's so nice to relax.