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\u00a0I love my son with all my heart. He\u2019s my oldest.. he was a wonderful child, always tried to please me and his father. he never gave me any trouble. easiest of my 3 children and\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There\u2019s a special bond I have with my firstborn. He\u2019s a great man, a great father. [She is crying hard]\u00a0 I love him and he\u2019s my hero. I know this isn\u2019t about me, but the past 2.5 years have been extremely hard\u2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I lost my job of 23 years. My sister died from covid. my mother who is 90 years old asks me every day when is nicky coming home. she\u2019s the last of his grandparents and last of my extended family also.<\/div>\n
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I just ask please your honor have mercy on my son and our family. i know my son. i talk to him on a regular basis. i\u2019ve been trying to straighten out his meals. as a mom first and foremost, i want him to eat healthy\u2026w\/ all due respect, thank you for everything<\/div>\n
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You cannot respond to undesired political outcomes the way you did. You personally played a significant role in the events that day and its just something that can\u2019t happen.<\/div>\n
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The peaceful transfer of power is one of the most precious things we had as Americans. Notice i say had because our tradition of unbroken peaceful transfers of power \u2013 that string has been broken. We can\u2019t just snap our fingers and get it back.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We also have, just by your conduct vis a vis Officer Ode and the smashing of that window \u2013 it checked both people and property boxes. Maybe the next person that comes along does the same exact thing but the reality is you did it and smashed that window & let people stream\u2026into that capitol building & threaten the lives of our lawmakers. its not something i ever would have dreamed i would see in our country. and then after all that, in the crypts of the cap, filming a video that says..<\/div>\n
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I just knew we could this motherfucker over if we tried hard enough and expressed pride in that. it just- it boggles my mind<\/div>\n
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You really were in some ways the tip of the spear that allowed people to get into the Capitol. Pezzola has his eyes cast down as Kelly says this. He has a balled up paper he bats around.<\/div>\n
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Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola has been sentenced to 10 YEARS or 120 months.]<\/div>\n
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I think this is an appropriate sentence. those args [from Pezzola\u2019s family] cannot play a major role for me. what did, was, for one thing, i think the terrorism enhancement overstates your conduct. And i think most offenses to which that terrorism adjustment applies..when you look at that list of enumerated offenses, they are offenses that really seem to include an intent to kill or means of killing someone and i dont think thats what you did that day.<\/div>\n
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You are very fortunate that the jury did not convict him on the seditious conspiracy charge. That really helped this sentence.<\/div>\n