A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to eight months in jail on Monday. Paul Hodgkins, 38, of Tampa, Florida entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 at approximately 2:50 p.m. He was seen about 10 minutes later wearing a “Trump 2020” shirt and waving a flag with the same message on it, walking among the desks in the Senate well, taking selfie photographs with his cell phone, and donning, at one point, white latex gloves. Hodgkins, who exited the Capitol after about 25 minutes inside, was also sentenced to 24 months of supervised release after serving the jail time and ordered to pay a special assessment of $100 and $2,000 in restitution. Defense attorneys pushed for no jail time, noting Hodgkins had no prior criminal record and was not accused of being violent while in the Capitol. Patrick Leduc, one attorney, asked the judge to …
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