Brandon Fellows by way of Division of Justice
On January sixth, 2021, Brandon Fellows was among the many Capitol rioters. He entered by a damaged window and made himself at house within the workplace of Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), lighting up marijuana joint in an notorious image from the rebellion. Consequently, he was convicted of a felony and 4 misdemeanors.
However slightly than seem contrite throughout sentencing, Fellows exchanged heated phrases with U.S. District Decide Trevor McFadden. Phrase to the clever: if you happen to’re battling a decide throughout sentencing, you’re about to lose.
Decide McFadden reportedly instructed Fellows, “You’ve repeatedly made a mockery of those proceedings,” and “There isn’t any grand conspiracy right here in opposition to you,” and “It’s time so that you can develop up!” He then handed down a three-and-a-half-year sentence.
And it wasn’t the primary time Fellows’s habits has turn into a problem. He beforehand known as McFadden a “modern-day Nazi decide” and himself “your favourite Political prisoner.” Fellows was so unhinged throughout trial that the jury wanted to make sure he had no personally figuring out info for any of them.
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