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Former NASA intern (and current 'Groyper') who posted racist screed on Telegram poised to plead guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Cavanaugh (of Huntington Beach, California) was arraigned Monday on an information containing a single count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building, a federal misdemeanor that carries a potential six-month jail sentence.
Although he officially entered a plea of not guilty, he is expected to plead guilty to the single count in April. He originally faced four misdemeanors that carried a combined potential of three years behind bars.
McFadden set the plea agreement hearing and sentencing for April 7. [Perp wants to attend remotely, but judge wants him there in person for sentencing.]
“I’m skeptical about claims that someone isn’t able to afford to come back for sentencing when they’re able to come here for, at the very least, a protest,” the judge, a Trump appointee, said.
Defense attorney Nathan Gjesdal said that requiring his client to travel to Washington for the plea and sentencing would be a financial hardship.
“He was employed with Boeing,” the lawyer said. “He lost his job on Jan. 19. He does not have the finances to travel.”
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