Alleged Nazi sympathizer gets four years in prison over U.S. Capitol attack
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Timothy Hale-Cusanelli appears during a virtual hearing in a New Jersey court January 19, 2021 on charges related to the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New Jersey man, who was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and in May was found guilty of charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday, the Justice Department said.
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 32, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, was sentenced in the District of Columbia on felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his actions during the Capitol attack, the Justice Department said in a statement.
In May, he was found guilty by a federal jury of all five counts he faced, including obstruction of an official proceeding.
Hale-Cusanelli is a former member of the U.S. Army Reserves who worked as a Navy contractor with a "secret" security clearance and access to weapons, prosecutors said.
An informant told investigators that Hale-Cusanelli was "an avowed white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer" who had posted online videos espousing extreme political opinions, the Justice Department had alleged earlier in court filings.
Video footage from the riot showed Hale-Cusanelli yelling at police officers outside the Capitol complex and entering the building after it was breached.
Thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. The attack followed months of false claims by Trump that he had won the 2020 election.
Hale-Cusanelli's defense lawyer argued that his client did not realize Congress was counting electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, and therefore lacked a criminal intent.
The Justice Department says it has arrested more than 870 people for crimes related to the breach of the Capitol, including over 265 who were charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington, editing by Deepa Babington)
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