Thomas Webster, a retired NYPD cop, was given a felony jail term of 10 years for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 uprising at the US Capitol that was intended to rig the presidential election.
In an effort to prevent the crowd of Trump supporters from accessing the building where Congress was certifying the 2020 election results, Webster was seen swinging a metal rod and grabbing at police officers.
He currently maintains the record for the lengthiest sentence imposed on a defendant from the January 6 case. Apart from his atrocious assault on a police officer, a major contributing factor to this was that he was the only defendant to decline to enter a plea and instead chose to make a weak self-defense argument. After two hours of discussion, the jury returned with a guilty decision, and the judge presiding over the case was obviously not pleased.
Judge to Thomas Webster, who very clearly lied on the stand:
"The jury saw through it, I saw through it, it wasn't that hard. And I'm sorry you thought you could get up there and suggest otherwise."https://t.co/u09tSCgit7
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 1, 2022
“The jury saw through it, I saw through it, it wasn’t that hard,” said U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta. “And I’m sorry you thought you could get up there and suggest otherwise.”
The jury also found that Webster had lied when he said he was merely attempting to let Officer Noah Rathbun, the policeman he had assaulted, “see my hands” in reference to the famed image of him clutching at the officer’s face shield. As he approached the police line after leaving the Donald Trump event, Mehta referred to him as “the first aggressor” and accused him of starting the wave of hostility that shortly burst through the line and made room for the assault on the Capitol.
“I think you were caught up in a moment, and as you well know, even being caught up in a moment has consequences,” said Mehta.
Investigators have more video that demonstrates him tearing down police barricades to allow the protesters to move freely.
Webster was also seen on camera choking Rathbun by his mask chin strap and trying to poke his fingers into Rathbun’s eyes, earning him the Twitter handle #EyeGouger. After all these pictures started appearing online, he turned himself into the police. Later, he pleaded with a court to let him transfer to a different jail because the one he was in had “inner city” inmates, and we all know what that is code for.
Thomas Webster, former NYPD cop, is sentenced to 10 years for assaulting officer in January 6th Capitol attack 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NQujqT37oT
— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) September 1, 2022
For charges that included assaulting a police officer, causing a disturbance, and entering a prohibited place with a weapon, the former officer could have received up to 17.5 years in jail. As is customary, his past association with the NYPD did not serve to defend him in this situation. Instead, the judge and the prosecutors felt that given his previous employment, he should have acted differently that day and refrained from abusing other law enforcement officers.
“Nothing can explain or justify Mr. Webster’s rage. Webster is one of the rioters who should have known better,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Arin Levenson Mirell. “No one knows better than a former cop how dangerous it was on Jan. 6.”
The majority of the insurrectionists have gotten away with brief jail terms, home monitoring, or probation, which has relieved those who opposed the rioters’ activities. Thomas Robertson and Guy Wesley Reffitt, who were both sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, equaled the previous record for the lengthiest term.
BREAKING: The ex-NYPD eye gouger Thomas Webster has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the longest prison sentence for a January 6th attacker yet.
ANOTHER SCUMBAG FOUND OUT.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) September 1, 2022
BREAKING: Former NYPD Officer and jan 6th Insurrectionists Thomas Webster was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and i can't stop fucking laughing
— Donhammed Trumpistan (@TheRealDon85) September 1, 2022
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Great news. A Former NYPD Cop was just sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in the January 6th attack. His name is Thomas Webster, and he violently assaulted a DC officer while trying to breach the Capitol. Yup. The DOJ is cracking down on every MAGA terrorist:
— Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) September 1, 2022
Ex-NYPD officer Thomas Webster sentenced to TEN years for J6. Imagine giving all that up for a lying, sore losing, malignant narcissist who wouldn't spare a drop of water if you were burning to death.
— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) September 1, 2022
BREAKING: Former New York Police officer and January 6th insurrectionist, Thomas Webster, was just sentenced to 10 YEARS IN PRISON!
Thank you Rule of Law!
— Heidi Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) September 1, 2022
A win for America.
One of Trump’s terrorists, Thomas Webster, gets 10 years for his part in the J6 attack on the Capitol.— W Smith Ω 🧢 (@WesSmith123) September 1, 2022
This just in Ex-NYPD cop and TRAITOR THOMAS WEBSTER receives 10 YEARS IN PRISON the longest sentence yet handed down for the attack on the capital. Enjoy prison asshole!!!
What you reap is what you sow! pic.twitter.com/8Q7mYjgiQG
— CLO (@CarusoLawLV) September 2, 2022
