(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Violent Insurrectionist Heading To Prison For Twelve Years Asked For A Do-Over At Sentencing Hearing [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-05-31 WUSA9 McFadden ordered Quaglin to serve 144 months, or 12 years in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. He will also have to pay $2,000 in restitution. “On at least a dozen occasions, Quaglin stood face-to-face with officers as he screamed at, pushed with outstretched arms, punched, swatted and slapped officers; pushed bike racks into officers; and even choked one officer to the ground,” prosecutors wrote. Prosecutors said Quaglin also sprayed multiple officers with chemical irritant, including spraying at least one officer who was not wearing a gas mas or face shield directly in the face. nj.com When he arrived back to his hotel — where prosecutors say he booked six rooms and was actively recruiting others to join him in Washington, D.C. — Quaglin posted a video saying it was a “great time.” “Trump is speaking and everyone is walking there,” Quaglin says in one of the videos, according to the complaint. “And I am walking there [showing capitol building to camera]. And I am ready [showing gas mask in hand]. We will see how it goes.” An electrician by trade, Quaglin was identified by a number anonymous tipsters, who sent authorities videos of Quaglin, who identifies himself on Facebook as “Chris Trump,” broadcasting live from the Capitol on Jan. 6. Some pictures of him show him wearing a helmet camera. NBC News McFadden said that it was clear that, unlike some Jan. 6 rioters who got caught up in the moment, Quaglin had planned for that day for a while and made efforts to bring gear to the Capitol in support of his desire to engage in "civil war." He said that Quaglin had become a propagandist for Jan. 6 defendants, spreading lies about the attack and claiming it was mostly peaceful, even though Quaglin knew by his own personal actions that wasn't the case. Associated Press Quaglin complained about his jail conditions and pushed conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 siege during his rambling remarks in the courtroom. He also took issue with labeling the Jan. 6 attack as an insurrection. Quaglin, 38, joined the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol. He injured a police officer when he choked and tackled him to the ground. Quaglin assaulted other officers with stolen police shields, metal bike racks and pepper spray. He clashed with police for roughly three hours while wearing an American flag-themed “Make America Great Again” sweatshirt. Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and insulted U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden before and after the judge handed him one of the longest prison sentences among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The New York Times Mr. Quaglin’s lawyer, Carlos Diaz-Cobo, said that he hoped Mr. Quaglin would take the time to “seriously consider what happened on Jan. 6.” Mr. Quaglin, 37, was tried in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., and convicted in July of 14 crimes, including 12 felonies. He was sentenced by Judge Trevor N. McFadden. At another point, he continued to narrate his involvement in the events of Jan. 6 while cooking a steak in the hotel room shower, prosecutors said. “I was the guy in the red, white and blue hoodie and the black helmet,” he said. “I’m absolutely on a loop on Fox News.” nj.com “Quaglin, knowingly and voluntarily, agreed to the stipulation of facts, signed it, and produced it to the Court. He agreed to be bound by its terms. But now he has buyer’s remorse and wants to have it set aside. This he cannot do. A defendant may not argue that he perjured himself just to walk back an agreement he regrets,’ McFadden wrote. Akers wrote that Quaglin has expressed no remorse for his crimes and instead, “sought attention and disclaimed any responsibility for his role in the riot.” At Friday’s sentencing, McFadden said Quaglin had shown no remorse in the three years since his arrest, and rebuked his “shocking and lawless” conduct on Jan. 6, according to WUSA9 TV . “I’ve sentenced a number of Jan. 6 defendants who clearly got caught up in something they didn’t anticipate,” McFadden said. “But not you.” Quaglin agreed to a bench trial, where the judge acts as jury, and McFadden found him guilty of 14 charges , 12 of them felonies that have to do with committing violence, including assaulting and injuring police officers. Department of Justice A New Jersey man was sentenced to 12 years in prison today after he was previously convicted of 14 charges, including 12 felonies, as a result of his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Christopher Joseph Quaglin, 37, of North Brunswick, New Jersey, was sentenced to 144 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden. On July 10, 2023, the court found Quaglin guilty of 14 charges, including 12 felonies and two misdemeanors. According to court documents and evidence presented during the trial, Quaglin planned to travel to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, a date he understood when Congress would meet in a joint session to certify the electoral college votes. As he explained on social media, Quaglin traveled to Washington, D.C., to fight in what he believed would be a "CIVIL WAR!" Quaglin posted on social media explaining his plans and intentions for his trip to D.C., which included fighting in the streets of D.C. against a tyrannical government and showing the members of Congress who their bosses were. He prepared for "war" by encouraging others to purchase weapons for their travel to D.C., and he planned to bring full body armor, gas masks, helmet, knives, a full medical kit, bear spray (the HUGE cans that spray at least 30 feet), and firearms. On the day of Jan. 6, 2021, Quaglin wore a hard-sided helmet, full-faced gas mask, and carried a large backpack. In the early hours of Jan. 6, Quaglin attended the "Stop the Steal" rally at the Ellipse and then made his way toward the Capitol building before the speeches ended. At about 12:50 p.m., Quaglin was part of the initial group of rioters who overtook the police line and pushed past bike rack barricades at Peace Circle, paving the way for the mob to engulf the West Front of the Capitol grounds. After Quaglin and other rioters surged forward through the barriers and made their way to the Lower West Plaza, Quaglin engaged in violence against officers on the West Front for the next hour and a half. At about 1:08 p.m., Quaglin pushed into one officer and forcibly pushed into a second officer several times. Quaglin swatted and aggressively yelled at the officer until another individual from the crowd pulled him back. Quaglin then maneuvered through the mob of rioters facing the police line, emerged from the crowd, and again charged towards the police line, making contact with numerous officers. Quaglin approached a USCP Sergeant and aggressively pointed his finger inches away from the sergeant's face. Suddenly, Quaglin reached forward with both hands, grabbed the officer by the neck, and forcibly tackled the officer to the ground. His attack initiated a brawl between rioters and police officers. Quaglin then approached the Deputy Police Chief of the USCP and forcibly pushed him several times. Later, as one officer bent down to pick an object from the ground, Quaglin hit the officer in the head with a gas mask. After officers successfully returned Quaglin behind the barricades, Quaglin immediately reinitiated his attack. Quaglin pulled on a bike rack barrier and reached across the bike racks, making contact with several additional officers. Quaglin then worked with other rioters to forcibly rip one of the barrier fences out of the hands of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers. Around 2:34 p.m., body-worn camera footage captured Quaglin lunging at an officer and pushing him down, turning and grabbing another officer by the helmet, and then pushing into a third officer. Eventually, rioters overran the police line in this area, and officers retreated. Quaglin followed the officers and continued to assault and berate them as the officers tried to escape from the encroaching mob. The officers retreated to the Lower West Terrace Tunnel, the site of some of the most violent attacks against law enforcement on January 6th. Quaglin followed. Quaglin entered the Tunnel by 3:03 p.m. and quickly made his way to the front of the mob of rioters. Inside the Tunnel, Quaglin forcibly ripped a police riot shield from the hands of an officer, causing the officer to fall onto the ground. Quaglin later stole another police shield and used it to attack police officers in the Tunnel, as he yelled epithets at officers, including calling them "TRAITORS!" Court documents say that, at 3:06 p.m., Quaglin raised a can of chemical irritant in the air, reaching around the officers' shields, and sprayed the officers directly in their faces. Quaglin is later seen at the front of the mob in the Tunnel forcibly pushing into police officers. He collaborated with the mob behind him as they yelled "HEAVE! HO!" and collectively bashed into the police line. Quaglin remained at the front of the line of rioters assaulting and impeding police officers until approximately 3:18 p.m. when he was pushed out of the Tunnel with other rioters. According to evidence presented in Court, Quaglin expressed no remorse for his crimes on January 6th. To the contrary, after these convictions, Quaglin continued to boast about his involvement in the riot and express pride in his conduct, disclaiming any responsibility for his role in the riot and spreading misinformation claiming that January 6 was a "set up" and that he was a political prisoner. 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