Morning Briefing: Federal Prosecutors Recommend 90-Years for Solomon Peña
Federal prosecutors recommended 90-years in prison for Solomon Peña for 'orchestrating the shootings' targeting Democrats, Peña was sentenced to 80-years in prison.
UPDATE: Solomon Peña was sentenced on Wednesday to 80-years in prison with 3-years of supervised release.
Morning Briefing: Federal prosecutors are reportedly recommending that Solomon Peña, former Republican candidate for the New Mexico House that was convicted for “orchestrating the shootings at the homes of the Democratic officials,” be sentenced to “at least 90 years in prison,” and argued “that a lengthy sentence will help deter others tempted to use violence to achieve political ends.”
Brandon Clint Russell, the founder of the neo-Nazi White Supremacist terrorist group Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced to the “maximum 20 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for his role in a plot to blow up Baltimore’s energy grid.”
Dallas Humber, the leader of the White Supremacist group Terrorgram Collective, reportedly pleaded guilty to “soliciting assassinations, terrorist attacks and hate crimes,” and “faces up to 30 years in federal prison.”
Charlie Kirk, the right-wing MAGA influencer, called on President Donald Trump to unleash a “full military occupation” of other large American cities “once we liberate” Washington, and that if Trump sends more the U.S. military into other cities “it would create favorable press coverage.”
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So Charlie Kirk is advocating for militarized America? What an incredibly stupid idea! Militarizing our country is just another nail in the coffin of our democracy! We don’t need more law enforcement, especially in the hands of a lawless creep felon!
Their bosses will force them to sentence to lesser years