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Michael Gordon

‘I just wanna die’: NC man battling COVID-19 as sentencing looms for his role in Capitol riot

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal prosecutors want a North Carolina man to serve a month in prison for his role in U.S. Capitol riot.

First, James “Les” Little has to kick COVID-19.

The former truck driver from Claremont began showing flulike symptoms on Jan. 28 and tested positive for the virus shortly afterward, according to a court filing Friday from his federal public defender, Peter Adolf of Charlotte. Claremont is about 45 miles northwest of Charlotte, in Catawba County.

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