MAGA fanatic Aaron Mostofsky, 35, who dressed as a caveman as he joined a mob of Trump supporters to storm the US Capitol on January 6 is facing up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges in connection with his role in the deadly attack that day.
According to local station WUSA9, Mostofsky appeared before U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday to enter his plea of guilty to three counts: civil disorder, theft of government property and entering and remaining in a restricted building. The most serious count, civil disorder, is a felony charge carrying a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Mostofsky, whose father is Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Steven Mostofsky, was seen inside the Capitol clad in furs and wearing a stolen Capitol Police riot vest. He was arrested just days after the riot and indicted on eight counts, including one count of obstruction of an official proceeding that carried a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
As noted by the news outlet, “Mostofsky’s legal team – attorneys Jeffrey Schwartz, David Smith and Benjamin Smith – mounted one of the earliest and most aggressive challenges against the Justice Department’s use of a post-Enron obstruction statute. They argued, in part, that the joint session of Congress was not an ‘official proceeding’ under the letter of the law. Boasberg and other judges on the D.C. District Court ultimately rejected that argument.”
