Federal prosecutors are seeking 19 years in prison for Shane Jenkins, a Texas man who participated in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, reported CBS News' Scott MacFarlane on Thursday.
If the judge agrees, it would be the second-longest sentence issued to a January 6 defendant.
"The defendant’s conduct was, in a word, egregious," said prosecutors in their filing. "He planned for violent insurrection long before his arrival."
POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office?
Jenkins, who traveled to Washington, D.C. with a "sharp-bladed tomahawk," was accused of trying to grab an officer's riot shield, then falling back and throwing a desk drawer and a flagpole at Capitol Police during the chaos.
He was one of the few January 6 defendants to be held in pretrial detention, with a judge expressing concern that he posed a risk of ongoing political violence.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested, charged, convicted, or accepted plea deals in connection with the January 6 attack so far. Charges range from misdemeanor unlawful picketing and trespassing, to assaulting law enforcement. Higher-ups of far-right groups who participated in the attack, like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, have also been found guilty of seditious conspiracy, and former President Donald Trump is currently under federal indictment for the broader plot to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
