© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump climb on partitions on the U.S. Capitol throughout a protest towards the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election outcomes by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephani
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former boxer charged with punching a Washington police officer within the head in the course of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol faces a sentence of as much as 51 months in jail after pleading responsible on Friday to 2 felony costs.
Scott Fairlamb, 44, of Stockholm, New Jersey, entered responsible pleas to costs of assaulting police and obstructing an official continuing in the course of the assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters making an attempt to overturn his election defeat.
Prosecutors requested for a sentence of 41 to 51 months in jail. U.S. District Choose Royce Lamberth mentioned he wouldn’t sentence Fairlamb till he receives a pre-sentence report.
To date, one different Capitol riot defendant who pleaded responsible has been sentenced to serve an eight-month jail time period, a regulation enforcement official mentioned. A handful of defendants have been sentenced to time served in pre-trial detention after pleading responsible.
In late July, Beryl Howell, chief federal choose in Washington, requested prosecutors to clarify why a riot defendant was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor cost carrying a brief jail sentence.
Harley Breite, Fairlamb’s protection lawyer, informed Lamberth that Fairlamb was keen to speak with FBI investigators, however had not but completed so.
Breite informed Reuters that after his arrest, Fairlamb had misplaced a gymnasium enterprise which he operated.
An FBI affidavit mentioned a involved citizen submitted a video exhibiting Fairlamb “shove and punch” a police officer in the course of the riot. Video submitted by one other member of the general public confirmed Fairlamb climbing on a metallic scaffolding exterior the constructing.
Greater than 535 individuals have been charged with participating in violence when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an try and cease Congress from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory.
Trump falsely claimed he misplaced the election due to widespread electoral fraud.
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