A judge on Friday sentenced Capitol rioter Robert Palmer to 63 months in federal prison for assaulting police with a fire extinguisher and a wooden plank during the Capitol attack on January 6.
Judge Tanya Chutkan issued the sentence after Palmer pleaded guilty to charges of the assault, Zoe Tillman, a Buzzfeed News reporter, tweeted. This is the longest sentence issued in connected with the Capitol riot.
“Show your children that while we make mistakes and we can do bad things, it does not make us irredeemable people. Good luck to you sir,” Chutkan said.
“It has to be made clear that trying to violently overthrow the government, trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power and assaulting law enforcement officers in that effort is going to be met with absolutely certain punishment,” Chutkan added, according to Buzzfeed.
During the court session on Friday, Palmer expressed his regret about participating in the riot on January 6 and said that he was “really, really ashamed of what I did,” according to Huffpost.
He added that when he was detained he had watched a video clip of himself that showed him attacking police officers. He told the judge that he “was horrified” by the video, according to the news outlet.
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