Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 195
Shake Up
“A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory,” the AP reports.
In a Facebook post three days after the riot, the man referred to Jan. 6 as the “proudest day of my life.”
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