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Almost 1,400 group person been charged successful nan Jan. 6 riots astatine nan U.S. Capitol. On Thursday, a judge sentenced a Georgia man to much than 4 years successful situation for assaulting Capitol constabulary that day. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo
May 2 (UPI) -- A judge connected Thursday sentenced a Georgia man to much than 4 years successful situation for assaulting Capitol constabulary connected Jan. 6.
Jack Wade Whitton, a 33-year-old erstwhile individual trainer from Locust Grove, Ga., had been caught connected video striking constabulary officers pinch a metallic crutch successful immoderate of nan astir sadistic fighting that took spot astatine nan Capitol that day.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras connected Thursday sentenced Whitton to 57 months successful prison and ordered mental-health treatment.
Whitton besides must salary a $2,000 fine. His situation word will beryllium followed by 3 years of supervised release.
"Those videos were gruesome," Contreras said during nan hearing. "You really went retired of control."
Federal prosecutors said Whitton was 1 of nan first assailants to trigger nan convulsive battle against officers successful nan little westbound tunnel, wherever immoderate of nan worst unit took spot during riot. He reportedly pulled an serviceman disconnected nan constabulary line, "feeding'" him to nan mob, among different convulsive acts he committed that day.
"You're gonna dice tonight!" Whitton admitted yelling astatine officers during 1 of nan assaults.
Whitton later messaged a friend connected Instagram, wherever he referred to nan serviceman he dragged into nan mob arsenic a "bad cop."
"I fed him to nan people," nan connection read. "Idk his status. And I don't attraction tbh."
Whitton's sentencing came 19 months aft he took a plea deal, agreeing to attest against his 8 co-defendants charged successful nan aforesaid attack.
One of Whitton's co-defendants, Logan James Barnhart, a 41-year-old erstwhile romance caller screen exemplary from Michigan, was sentenced past period to 36 months successful situation for helping Whitton resistance nan serviceman into nan crowd.
The 2 were among five men charged successful August 2021 for assaulting nan officer.
Federal prosecutors had sought much than 8 years for Whitton and a good of $61,685, matching an magnitude he had raised connected nan crowdfunding tract GiveSendGo since his arrest.
The prosecutors based on his battle connected 1 constabulary officers "ignited nan bid of vicious assaults" connected others successful nan little westbound passageway and that he should not beryllium capable to "capitalize" connected his information successful nan riot.
His lawyers blamed his actions connected a cocktail of intoxicant and ADHD medications. They based on he was "not willing successful erstwhile President Trump aliases politics" and only traveled to Washington to appease his longtime girlfriend.
"Uninterested successful nan day's events but trying to beryllium a bully boyfriend, Mr. Whitton drank little for intermezo and much to simply get done nan acold and speeches astatine nan ellipse," his attorney, Komron Jon Maknoon, wrote.
Whitton's attorneys successful March wrote that nan money he had raised connected GiveSendGo already had been spent connected ineligible fees, recreation expenses and a psychological exam anterior to his sentencing.
Nearly 1,400 group person been charged, and 950 person been convicted, successful relationship to nan Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
