A federal judge sentenced a former security guard at a U.S. Navy base in New Jersey who once sported a Hitler-style mustache, to four years in prison for his conviction on five federal charges stemming from his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former security guard at a U.S. Navy base in New Jersey who once sported a Hitler-style mustache, to four years in prison for his conviction on five federal charges stemming from his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The judge said that Hale-Cusanelli had a history of making sexist, racist and antisemitic comments, and, at least initially, was unwilling to accept responsibility for his actions during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. "Your actions that day were extremely troubling," McFadden told him. The judge said one factor that disturbed him was Hale-Cusanelli lying when he claimed, when testifying in his own defense, that he did not know the U.S. Capitol building was where the Houses of Congress met. McFadden was also skeptical of Hale-Cusanelli’s claim that he did not realize the person he tried to pull another rioter away from was a police officer.
At Thursday's sentencing hearing, prosecutor Kathryn Fifield said that Hale-Cusanelli had sought to pursue his own "civil war" and that he was heard urging fellow rioters: "Advance, advance, advance." She said his actions, including his effort to pull a person away from the policeman who was trying to grab him, constituted a “direct threat to law enforcement. … Hale-Cusanelli was part of a crowd that was actively resisting law enforcement.
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