An Obama-appointed federal judge seemingly wants harsher punishments and steeper fines for those who breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6 during a sentencing hearing for a man who pled guilty to joining the Capitol riot last week.
Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell has questioned no-prison misdemeanor plea deals as an insufficient “deterrence” against individuals who participated in “terrorizing members of Congress.”

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