A District man who assaulted three police officers and shattered a riot shield with a pole was sentenced to 63 months in prison Tuesday, matching the longest sentence handed down to a defendant convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
police in video-recorded confrontations between 2:31 p.m. and 2:48 p.m. that day in the area of the, which was overrun by a violent mob angered by President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Ponder pleaded guilty April 22 to one count of assaulting an officer using a dangerous weapon.
Ponder has a right to his political beliefs, the judge said, but in this case he participated with violent extremists in a riot that “exposed — and maybe caused — cracks in our democracy.”Chutkan has emerged as the toughest sentencing judge in Capitol riot cases and exceeded prosecutors’ request to sentence Ponder to five years in prison, the low end of a federal advisory sentencing range of 57 to 71 months, in keeping with a plea deal.
“Even after the first three assaults, he had a big opportunity to stop and leave the Capitol,” Bond said. “The fact that Mr. Ponder just kept going, even when he had an opportunity to choose a different course, he doesn’t back off, and we think that supports our request.”gave an in-person victim impact statement, telling the court as one of the officers struck by Ponder that there is “no doubt” he understood he was hitting police officers and “had the will and the intent to continue doing harm.
“He has changed my life,” said Gonell, a 16-year police veteran who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.
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