In what is expected to be the second-to-last report of its kind, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that 1,572 people were arrested for crimes on January 6, a 24% increase in 2024.
among them 47 monthly updates; The Department of Justice announced that the FBI made 11 new arrests of the January 6 suspects between November 6, 2024 and December 6, 2024. The total of 1,572 people represents a 24.3% increase in 2024 and a 75% increase over the past two years.
Just as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to grant pardons to those arrested, indicted and convicted of the January 6 offenses, judges in the District of Columbia are making decisions on sentencing. He is emphasizing the sentence and has refused requests to postpone the sentencing hearing.
“My wife, Jarice, is disabled. She needs a total knee replacement.”
Harrys Middleton's request to delay reporting to the Federal Bureau of Prisons her Jan. 6 sentencing for knee surgery was denied by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss. Judge Moss said many people were serving their sentences in wheelchairs and BOP facilities were equipped to accommodate their medical needs.
“Ms. Middleton said her symptoms had worsened over the past two weeks and that she had long-standing problems with her knee, but she still waited until a week before her surrender date to schedule the long-needed surgery.” Judge Moss wrote in a letter. 4 page order Denies jail delay.
“Among other things, on October 22, 2024, the court will allow the defendant to turn himself in to put his affairs in order, and to the extent necessary (and urgent), knee surgery appears to fall within such efforts. ” Moss wrote. “If Ms. Middleton had taken advantage of this opportunity, she could have had surgery weeks before the day of her surrender, instead of days.”
Moss ordered Jarries and her husband, Mark Middleton, to report to two prisons in Texas on December 17th. “Yes, my wife, Jarice, is disabled. She needs a total knee replacement,” Middleton said. Posted in X. “A two-month delay is not in the public's interest.”
Jarice and Mark Middleton of Forestburg, Texas, before their sentencing hearing in federal court on a series of charges on January 6. U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss sentenced her to 20 months in prison and him to 30 months. Photo by Jenny Cudd.
The Middletons were convicted of assaulting two police officers, resisting, obstructing, trespassing, entering or leaving restricted buildings or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct, physical assault, and several other related misdemeanors. I received it.
The couple, who have been married for 34 years and have no criminal record, said they were praying together when a line of police shoved them from behind. Mark Middleton was sentenced to 30 months in prison and Jarise Middleton was sentenced to 20 months in prison.
“This is my best friend and hero of 38 years!” Jarise Middleton I wrote to X One week before Judge Moss' decision was announced. “He held me when I couldn't walk. He protected me when the police assaulted me on January 6th. He held my hand and helped me through the tears and trauma. He comforted us all. We love Jesus, our family, but he's gone to prison.”
The Justice Department reported that nearly 1,000 people have pleaded guilty to charges on Jan. 6, of which 68% were misdemeanors and 32% were felonies. Of those who admitted felonies, 53% were for assaulting a law enforcement officer and 40% were for obstructing law enforcement during a civil disturbance.
Of the 1,068 defendants whose cases were fully adjudicated, 60% were sentenced to prison and nearly 14% were sentenced to home detention, according to the report.
The Justice Department said only five defendants had their sentences reduced as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling. Fisher v. United StatesThis significantly limits the use of 18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2), a 20-year felony for obstruction of an official proceeding, in the January 6 prosecution.
Prosecutors argued that upward movement in federal sentencing guidelines should be used to limit the impact of federal sentences. fisher decision. Judges are largely on board with that strategy.
A U.S. Park Police equestrian patrols near the Washington Monument on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images
In a recent case, U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich reduced Guy Wesley Reffitt's prison sentence from an original 87 months to 80 months. Mr. Reffitt's 1512(c)(2) conviction was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which ordered a new sentence based on the Supreme Court's decision.
Mr. Reffitt was the first defendant on January 6 to go on trial in March 2022. A Washington, D.C., jury found him guilty of all five charges, including transporting a firearm in furtherance of a civil war and obstruction of justice, or interference with communication through force or threat of force. , obstructing a police officer during a civil disturbance, remaining in a restricted building or grounds.
All 215 defendants who went to jury trials on January 6 were found guilty on at least some charges. The jury trial did not result in an overall acquittal. A further 40 defendants were convicted in court trials based on an agreed set of facts.
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