Capitol rioter who tweeted risk to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez sentenced to 38 months in jail

A Texas man was sentenced to greater than three years in jail Wednesday for assaulting law enforcement officials in the course of the US Capitol riot and threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter shortly after the assault.

Garret Miller, 36, pleaded responsible in December to prices associated to his conduct on January 6, 2021. He was arrested weeks after the riot – on Inauguration Day – whereas carrying a shirt that stated: “I used to be there, Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021.”

In line with his plea settlement, Miller introduced gear with him to DC, together with a rope, a grappling hook and a mouth guard, and prosecutors stated he was “on the forefront of each barrier overturned, police line overrun, and entryway breached inside his proximity that day.” Miller was detained twice in the course of the riot, in line with courtroom paperwork.

When he left the Capitol constructing, he took the struggle to Twitter, in line with courtroom paperwork. In response to a tweet from Ocasio-Cortez calling for then-President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Miller responded: “Assassinate AOC.”

“On the time that I tweeted on the Congresswoman, I meant that the communication be perceived as a critical intent to commit violence in opposition to the Congresswoman,” Miller stated in courtroom paperwork as a part of his plea settlement. He additionally levied threats in opposition to the officer who shot and killed a pro-Trump rioter in the course of the melee, in line with courtroom paperwork, saying that he needed to “hug his neck with a pleasant rope.”