mother and son who aided in the theft of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) laptop when they participated in the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were sentenced Wednesday.
Maryann Mooney-Rondon, 57, was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first 12 months to be served in home incarceration. She must also pay $3,657.51 in restitution, a fine of $7,500 and perform 350 hours of community service.
Her son, Rafael Rondon, 25, was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first 18 months to be served in home incarceration. He must pay $2,000 in restitution and perform 350 hours of community service. His sentence is to be served consecutive to a separate one in New York for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun that he was convicted of seizing with several other firearms.
Those sentences are obscene. This isn’t like in the actual Trump trials, where people who presumably actually know shit get deals to turn on Trump. Why the hell are they getting such light sentences?
Look, the fuckers gave me PTSD, and I don’t say that lightly or jokingly. It’s hard to even type a comment without getting wound up. So having said that…
Some of it’s because of the charges brought, and prosecutors only go for what they know will stick. Those charges have sentencing guidelines.
The cases that make me boil are the cases where the judge went significantly lower than the guideline.
Complicit legal system.
It’s a good thing they only committed Light Treason and weren’t black kids walking down the street. Then they might have been sentenced to Jail!
Or been treated to what has traditionally been the punishment for treason
black kids walking down the street have a tendency not to make it to court in America
Especially if they have Skittles.
More like sentenced to death.
Trying to remember, but weren’t they trying to sell it to Russia? Was that info verified? So glad that espionage on top officials is apparently punishable by slap on the wrist.
Different woman. That was the Nazi chick.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protests-cyber-idUSKBN29N1KU/
Sheesh, how many Pelosi laptops got stolen that day?!
Here’s your new laptop, once you are done transferring the stuff off your old one let me know and I’ll come get it.
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Lol, I definitely still have my old company rig 😬
LOL, been following this news from day-1 and just realized there were TWO cases.
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They really should have put them in jail for some time. Now they’re going to be safely at home when this next pandemic from China hits.
I bet their wrists are quite sore now.
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Why bother with these slaps on the wrists?
To send the message that insurrection is a low-consequence activity.
In my state, a woman was sentenced to 12 years for selling $31 worth of weed. She should have pled to the lesser charge of trying to overthrow the government.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A mother and son who aided in the theft of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) laptop when they participated in the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were sentenced Wednesday.
His sentence is to be served consecutive to a separate one in New York for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun that he was convicted of seizing with several other firearms.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said the mother-son pair attended the rally on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, marched to the Capitol and then entered the grounds illegally.
“Rondon later admitted that he helped the unidentified male disconnect cables from the laptop and put the device into a backpack,” the DOJ said in its sentencing memorandum.
“Mooney-Rondon later admitted that she assisted in the theft by providing the unidentified male with her gloves so he would not leave fingerprints on the laptop,” the department said.
“Rondon and Mooney-Rondon donned the escape hoods and exited the Capitol Building, where they remained on the East Stairs with hundreds of other rioters,” the DOJ wrote.
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I didn’t follow this closely enough. What was on the laptop? Was this treated as a security issue? I can only assume if I stole someone’s spiffy laptop, I’d looking at felony theft charges, with jail time. Was there a plea deal? Also who was ‘unidentified guy’?
The article doesn’t give us the charges, and that sucks.
As to unidentified guy, the FBI and Sedition Hunters are still figuring out who these people are.
I thought the penalty for treason was death? Fuck outta here with this shit.
