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Sam Stanton

Trump supporter in California bomb plot begs judge to accept plea deal that could net 9 years

One of the two Donald Trump supporters accused of plotting to firebomb Sacramento’s state Democratic headquarters building is asking a federal judge to accept a plea deal that would net him up to nine years in prison, and “begging you for a chance to redeem myself.”

In a four-page handwritten letter filed in court in San Francisco, Ian Benjamin Rogers begs Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer to accept his word that he regrets his actions and deserves a chance to rebuild his life after prison.

“I am 47 years old,” Rogers wrote in a letter dated Oct. 7 and filed in court Wednesday. “I have never been in trouble before.

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