mother and son who aided in the theft of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) laptop when they participated in the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were sentenced Wednesday.
Maryann Mooney-Rondon, 57, was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first 12 months to be served in home incarceration. She must also pay $3,657.51 in restitution, a fine of $7,500 and perform 350 hours of community service.
Her son, Rafael Rondon, 25, was sentenced to five years of probation, with the first 18 months to be served in home incarceration. He must pay $2,000 in restitution and perform 350 hours of community service. His sentence is to be served consecutive to a separate one in New York for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun that he was convicted of seizing with several other firearms.
Those sentences are obscene. This isn’t like in the actual Trump trials, where people who presumably actually know shit get deals to turn on Trump. Why the hell are they getting such light sentences?
Look, the fuckers gave me PTSD, and I don’t say that lightly or jokingly. It’s hard to even type a comment without getting wound up. So having said that…
Some of it’s because of the charges brought, and prosecutors only go for what they know will stick. Those charges have sentencing guidelines.
The cases that make me boil are the cases where the judge went significantly lower than the guideline.
Complicit legal system.