Timothy James Kelly - United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Joseph Biggs to 204 months (17 years) in prison for walking in the Capitol building for approximately 20 minutes during the Capitol riot on January 6.
Joe Biggs and his daughter
The government sought 33 years for Biggs. Kelly ceded to the defense that the government sentencing recommendation was egregious.
Kelly noted prior offenders who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy had all murdered people, attempted to murder masses of people, bombed or attempted to bomb buildings and committed other violent crimes that resulted in mass casualty.
But the federal judge proceeded to throw the book at the decorated veteran who earned two purple hearts while serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, warning Biggs’ trespassing violation and shaking of a fence for a moment as Congres secured Biden’s presidency warrants severe penalty.
“Judge Kelly’s decision is an attack on the constitutional principles of this country and will lead to far more violence and division in our nation,” Monk told TGP. “He should stand down and recuse himself from all J6 cases. I love Joe. Joe Biggs is a hero. He deserves none of this. None of these sentences will stand through appeals and congressional action.”
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