Anna Paulina Luna asks for lesser sentence for convicted Tampa Bay Jan. 6 protester

[Zorro]

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on Friday wrote a letter asking a judge to take “leniency” when considering the sentence of Jeremy Michael Brown, a Tampa Bay man who appeared at the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol with the extremist Oath Keepers group.

In September, federal agents searched Brown’s Hillsborough County property as part of an inquiry into the Jan. 6 events. Agents found two illegal guns, a pair of hand grenades and a classified military document, among other things. (Brown is a former U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant.)

In a December trial, Brown faced 10 federal charges. A jury convicted Brown of six of them and acquitted him of the other four. Federal prosecutors are recommending he get nine years in prison — the high end of the recommended federal sentencing range for those charges for someone with no prior criminal history like Brown.

Luna, a Republican first-term member of Congress from St. Petersburg, argued in her letter that the judge should give Brown less time than that.

“Mr. Brown is a non-violent criminal who has embraced his failure and shown his willingness to rehabilitate and become a productive member of society,” Luna wrote to federal District Judge Susan Bucklew.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/29/anna-paulina-luna-january-6-federal-crime/

Looks pretty non-violent to me from his Jan 6 picture...

[Beachnutt]

1. He should get more time than that

and lose his retirement for betraying his country.

[Beachnutt]

12. He thinks he is on a battlefield

so he dressed appropriately.

[sheshe2]

2. NO!

He is a former Army Master Sergent.

This is the oath he took.

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God. (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

[lpbk2713]

3. "Oh he only tried to overthrow our government a *little* bit."

I would expect better from a former Master Sergeant.

Screw him and her both.

[Cha]

4. NO, NRA *****.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Nope. Non-violent members of the public don't have illegal weapons and hand grenades hanging around

their house.

[Zorro]

6. This guy doesn't even live in Anna Paulina Luna's district

Oh, and that's (alleged former stripper) Anna Paulina Luna...not that there's anything wrong with that...

[Skittles]

7. NOPE

WTF, NO NO NO NO NO FUCKING WAY, THROW THE BOOK AT THAT TRAITOR

[captain queeg]

8. Except for the bicycle helmet on top he seems decked out for violence

Don’t know the details of his case but having some congressperson try to get his sentence reduced sends a bad message.