Roberto Minuta, a member of the Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for Donald Trump’s adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.
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Also on Thursday, an Arizona man was sentenced to three years behind bars followed by one year of home confinement for his role in the same plot. Edward Vallejo, a U.S. Army veteran from Phoenix, oversaw a “Quick Reaction Force” at a Virginia hotel that was prepared to deploy an arsenal of weapons into Washington if needed, authorities say., the most serious charge the Justice Department has brought in the Jan. 6 attack., were sentenced last week after being convicted of the rarely used charge.
“My emotions got the best of me, and I’m deeply apologetic, your honor,” he told Mehta. “I was misled and naïve." Lawyers for the Oath Keepers say there was never any plot to storm the Capitol or stop the transfer of power.
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