一名佐治亚州男子用突击步枪驾驶越野并威胁要杀死众议院议长南希佩洛西，在周二的情感听证会上被判处
28 个月监禁。
Cleveland Meredith Jr. 于 9 月承认发送威胁通讯。尽管他因为汽车故障错过了 1 月 6 日的集会，但在他的母亲于 1 月 7 日向联邦调查局报告了有关文本后，梅雷迪思是第一批被指控与国会大厦骚乱有关的人之一。 特工在距离国会大厦一英里的一家酒店找到了梅雷迪思他的拖车里藏着数千发弹药、一把手枪和一支突击步枪。
艾米·伯曼·杰克逊法官说：“让记录清楚地表明，这不是爱国主义，在失去选举的候选人的要求下登上国会大厦并恐吓他人是没有道理的。”暴政。”
她补充说：“用枪取消其他人的选票与这个国家所代表的立场背道而驰。”
他已经在监狱中度过了 11 个月。
Man who threatened to shoot Pelosi sentenced to more than two years in prison
A Georgia man who drove cross-country with an assault rifle and threatened to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to 28 months behind bars during in an emotional hearing on Tuesday.
Cleveland Meredith Jr. pleaded guilty in September to sending threatening communications. Though he missed the January 6 rally because of car troubles, Meredith was one of the first people charged in relation to the Capitol riot after his mother reported concerning texts to the FBI on January 7. Agents found Meredith in a hotel one mile from the Capitol with thousands of rounds of ammunition, a handgun and an assault rifle stashed in his trailer.
"Let the record be crystal clear that it is not patriotism, it is not justified to descend on the Capitol at the behest of a candidate who lost an election and terrorize others," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said, calling the riot the "definition of tyranny."
She added, "Canceling the votes of others at the point of a gun is the antithesis of what this country stands for."
He will get credit for the 11 months he has already spent behind bars.
