A Capitol rioter who waved on the pro-Trump mob toward the Speaker’s Lobby immediately before the shooting of Ashli Babbitt was sentenced to 75 days in prison on Thursday.
During Thursday’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, who was nominated by former president by Donald Trump, said Register benefitted from “good lawyering” when he avoided being charged with a felony, according to NBC News’ Ryan J. Reilly.
The public defender, Cara Halverson, wrote in a sentencing memo: “Arguably, the former president, the rally’s organizers and speakers, and other nefarious, organized groups contributed to the chaos and are greatly more culpable for what happened on January 6.”