Capitol rioter who said Jan 6 was 'fun' sentenced to 6 years in prison

A Virginia man who claimed he had "fun" at the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced this Friday to six years in prison, The Washington Post reported.

Prosecutors initially recommended a prison sentence of 15 years and eight months for Markus Maly, describing him as a "lifelong criminal" with 33 conviction on his record, including two for assaulting a police officer. Maly is accused of attacking police at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Maly told the court that he regretted going to the Capitol on Jan. 6, but only "occupied space" while he was there and denied pepper-praying police. But the judge told him that he wasn't just "occupying space."

"You did these things and kept doing them that day,” the judge told him.

Maly has raised over $16,500 on an online fundraiser, referring to himself as a “January 6 P.O.W.” Prosecutors want the judge to fine him the amount he's fundraised, pointing out that he had a public defender and hasn't been hit with any legal fees.

“Maly admitted to being proud of what he had done at the Capitol and that he had bragged about it,” prosecutor Stephen Rancourt wrote in a court filing. “Despite seeing police officers assaulted, injured, and distressed on January 6, and knowing that it was a bad day for members of Congress and the police officers who had to live through the riot, Maly reiterated that his experience that day was ‘fun.’”

Read the full report over at The Washington Post.