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Brian Niemietz

Feds want prison for ‘privileged’ Jan. 6 defendant who took Nancy Pelosi’s lectern

Federal prosecutors are asking that the the Jan. 6 defendant whose “sense of entitlement and privilege” led to his entering the Capitol and taking possession of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern serve 90 days in prison for his alleged crime.

According to a 27-page sentencing memo filed by the U.S. attorney’s office in a Washington, D.C., District Court, Adam Johnson hasn’t had a job in 12 years because his wife, a doctor, is the family breadwinner. He stays at home with his five school-aged boys, the court was told. Feds are also asking that Johnson be sentenced to 60 hours of community service.

Johnson is also accused of boasting to friends and family that he was “finally famous” after photos went viral showing him and other Donald Trump loyalists sacking the U.S. Capitol after being falsely told by the former president that the election he lost had somehow been rigged.

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