A Trump supporter who assaulted police officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than five years in prison.
Ponder's sentencing hearing featured testimony from Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who told the judge that Jan. 6 had changed his life forever. The government's sentencing memo spells out how Ponder"charged" Gonell,"waved [a] pole aggressively and then attacked" Gonell.
Gonell, a military veteran and immigrant, told reporters last month that he will"never be back in uniform" because of the injuries he sustained on Jan. 6. Gonell's more severe injuries were inflicted later in the day, after he was assaulted by Ponder. Ponder later assaulted a Washington police officer identified by the initials J.C. and joined members of the mob inside the tunnel as they tried to get into the Capitol.
“He didn’t get what he wanted,” Chutkan said. “And because he didn’t, he felt entitled to attack law enforcement officers who were simply doing their job.”
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