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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has scheduled a
sentencing hearing at 2 p.m. ET (1900 GMT) for Mark Leffingwell
of Seattle, who pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge.
Jackson is one of several federal judges in the District of
Columbia who have sharply criticized the Jan. 6 riot, calling it
an "antidemocratic call for martial law" and "a crime against
democracy itself" at a recent court hearing in an unrelated
case.
At the same hearing, Jackson blasted former President Donald
Trump for his fiery speech before the deadly attack, saying he
and others "stoked" the crowd.
Prosecutors have asked Jackson to sentence Leffingwell, 52, to
27 months in prison.
Jackson said at a court hearing in October that federal
sentencing guidelines recommended Leffingwell serve a prison
term of 24 to 30 months.
"Leffingwell, a military veteran who once defended the
Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, willingly
betrayed his nation and became an enemy of the United States on
Jan. 6," federal prosecutors said in a court filing last month.
Mark Carroll, a lawyer for Leffingwell, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
The Justice Department said last month that more than 225 people
have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding
officers or government employees during the Jan. 6 attack.
Approximately 140 police officers were assaulted that day, the
Justice Department said.
Four officers died by suicide in the aftermath of the attack.
(Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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