The sentence for former Rocky Mount officer Thomas Robertson matches the highest punishment issued to a Capitol riot defendant so far
Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker were members of the police department in the small western Virginia town of Rocky Mount when they joined the mob that stormed the Capitol. Both have since been fired.
Prosecutors took the unusual step of publishing two detailed FBI investigations into the claims Robertson made in his appeal for mercy.saying that he had helped train Robertson as a police officer and that these crimes were “completely out of character.”from March 2021, in which Robertson told Deacon, “I can kill every agent that they send for at least two weeks” and that he was “prepared to die in battle.
the Capitol Police “cowards” who “will be on their knees before us” in text messages to Robertson, records said.In his letter to the court, Fracker said he had been labeled a “rat,” a “snitch” and a “back stabber” by community members for testifying against Robertson. “It really is just heart breaking,” he said.A video from the Jan. 6 hearing on June 9 used multiple sources, including security and body camera footage, to walk viewers through the attack on the Capitol.
In a statement from the FBI, a spokeswoman said: “We cannot and do not investigate ideology. The FBI investigates when someone crosses the line from expressing beliefs to violating federal law.”explained his angry social media posts before the riot as a product of alcohol abuse and isolation while his wife was working in New York.
on Facebook that he would meet Joe Biden’s victory with violence, he was either drinking on a police shift or just before one.At his sentencing, Robertson blamed Fracker for destroying their phones after the riot, something prosecutors noted is contradicted by both trial testimony and text evidence.
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