Lawyer of Jan 6 rioter: My client is working with expert "that specializes in cult deprograming."

[Doodley]

Dustin Thompson, a college-educated Ohio man who testified that he believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election, was convicted on six charges in April after he told jurors he was seeking Trump's "respect" and "approval" on Jan. 6. His prior attorney argued that Trump "authorized" the attack on the Capitol, and took advantage of "vulnerable" people like his client.

"You didn't love America that day," Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton told Thompson while sentencing him on Friday. Walton said he didn't understand how "people can be gullible enough to accept a lie and act on that lie."

Thompson's new lawyer said in a filing ahead of his sentencing that Thompson was working with "an individual that specializes in cult deprograming" and "was confronted with facts about the 'stolen election' conspiracy theory among others and how psychological manipulation is used to indoctrinate the followers of a conspiracy."

https://www.aol.com/news/capitol-rioter-said-wanted-trumps-164346904.html

[yankee87]

1. That's nice

So glad he’s getting help, but that doesn’t forgive him for what he did. When he completes his sentence, he can help others in his position.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Remind me again that your client didn't intend

to kill members of Congress and overthrow the election of Joe Biden?

Regardless of the sentence, they deserve life in prison

[no_hypocrisy]

3. It's not what he believed. It's what he did.

Glad about the deprogramming but he must be held accountable.

[blueinredohio]

4. Reprogramming my ass.

That's an excuse to get no jail time. Ohio is full of these dumb asses.

[cyclonefence]

5. This defense didn't keep Patty Hearst out of jail

[NBachers]

6. Thompson was sentenced to three years. He stole a coat rack and a bottle of bourbon from The Capitol

Yes, I agree more time would’ve been better, but that’s the way these cases are going. I hope that his three-years inside, and the rest of his life, are pure hell.

https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/you-didnt-love-america-that-day-federal-judge-sends-jan-6-rioter-to-prison-for-stealing-coat-rack-and-bourbon-from-capitol/amp/