An Oath Keeper who acted as part of a security detail on January 6 for Roger Stone before rushing to join the riot at the US Capitol has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for seditious conspiracy
Roberto Minuta, who prosecutors described as one of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes’ “most trusted men,” was not initially at the Capitol but sped over in a golf cart when he learned of the breach, prosecutors said. Once inside, he joined a crowd pushing against police and screamed, “This was bound to happen.
He was acquitted of one charge of tampering with documents. Before the sentence was handed down Thursday, Minuta told Mehta that he grew angry over Covid-19 restrictions in New York, and claimed he and his family were receiving “in person death threats by Anitfa.
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