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Two brothers from Los Angeles seen breaking into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots person been sentenced to probation alternatively than clip down bars after agreeing to plea deals.
Kevin Cordon, 33, of Alhambra was sentenced to 12 months probation and Sean Cordon, 35, of Los Angeles was sentenced to 2 months of probation during abstracted sentencing hearings successful caller days successful the Washington, D.C. courtroom of U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, tribunal records show.
Both men were tracked down by the FBI and charged with breaking into the Capitol and attempting to impede an authoritative proceeding aft a video interrogation of them taken conscionable extracurricular the Capitol connected the time of the riot was posted connected a Finnish quality website.
The video connected the quality tract reportedly depicted Kevin Cordon — wrapped successful an American emblem with humor connected his forehead — admitting to entering the Capitol and getting deed with a projectile. Sean Cordon seemingly could beryllium seen successful the inheritance portion his member was interviewed.
“We’re lasting up and taking our state back,” Kevin Cordon was quoted arsenic telling his interviewer. “This is conscionable the beginning.”
The FBI besides alleged that security-camera footage from wrong the Capitol gathering depicted Kevin Cordon wearing the aforesaid emblem and Sean Cordon donning a state mask.
In abstracted pleas deals reached wrong days of each other, Kevin Cordon agreed to plead blameworthy to entering a restricted building, portion Sean Cordon pleaded blameworthy to demonstrating wrong the Capitol.
Prosecutors had asked the justice to condemnation Kevin Cordon to 30 days successful national lockup followed by a twelvemonth of supervised release. And they wanted 3 months of location detention, 3 years of probation and 60 days of assemblage work for Sean Cordon, according to sentencing briefs filed with the court.
The national prosecutors argued that the brothers arrived astatine the rally that proceeded the riot “ready for violence,” each wearing airy assemblage armor and carrying a state mask, cogwheel they reportedly told authorities they wanted for extortion against imaginable counter-protesters.
According to the government’s sentencing briefs, the 2 men walked astir the country for respective minutes earlier “immersing themselves successful the heavy of the assemblage to participate the U.S. Capitol.”
They got successful by climbing done a model that different rioters had broken, prosecutors wrote.
While walking done the building, Sean Cordon took a cellphone video of his member and himself, saying, “We’re successful the Capitol!” prosecutors wrote. Minutes later, prosecutors added, the brothers near the building.
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In interviews with instrumentality enforcement, Sean Cordon reportedly admitted to entering the Capitol building, but said helium wasn’t doing truthful to beryllium violent, but alternatively to “watch the… the Jerry Springer situation,” prosecutors said.
Kevin Cordon told investigators that helium went wrong the gathering retired of adrenaline and a tendency to spot what was going on, but rapidly realized it was a “bad idea” and that helium needed to leave, prosecutors wrote.
Prosecutors acknowledged that neither member engaged successful immoderate unit oregon straight confronted instrumentality enforcement and were lone successful the Capitol gathering for little than 5 minutes.
Kevin Cordon’s attorney, Brian McDaniel, wrote successful a sentencing little that Kevin Cordon feels “deep remorse and pervasive shame” for his behaviour astatine the Capitol and “understands that helium indispensable present marque amends to society, his household and the country.”
Sean Cordon’s attorney, Steve Mercer, wrote successful a sentencing little that his lawsuit traveled to Washington, D.C. with is member successful bid to “peacefully witnesser a important law event,” not to “participate oregon provoke and insurrection.”
Te defence lawyer wrote that Sean Cordon “felt unsettled by the events helium had conscionable witnessed and regretted his impulsive judgement to participate the U.S. Capitol.”
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