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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Jan 6 rioter gets reduced sentence by snitching to prosecutors

Justice Department

A Pennsylvania man, who confessed to spraying chemicals at police officers while wearing camouflage paramilitary gear and face paint during the January 6 riot, had his sentence reduced after cooperating with the government.

Samuel Lazar gave “substantial assistance” to the government, including providing prosecutors with “valuable information” regarding other January 6 defendants and even offering to testify in a Pennsylvania murder case, according to newly unsealed court documents.

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