A Texas man who worked for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website, Infowars, has been sentenced to four months of home detention for joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In this image from U.S. Capitol Police video, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the Statement of Facts supporting an arrest warrant, Samuel Montoya, circled in blue, appears on security video inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Montoya, a Texas man who worked for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' website, Infowars, was sentenced on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, to four months of home detention for joining a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“Nothing like what happened at the Capitol that day should ever take place again,” Montoya said. “I truly hope my apology offers a bit of closure to my fellow countrymen as we recover and heal together.” Prosecutors recommended sentencing Montoya to 45 days of imprisonment. Bates instead sentenced Montoya to 3 years of probation, including 120 days of home detention and 60 hours of community service, and ordered him to pay a $1,500 fine plus $500 in restitution. The judge said it was a “close call” in deciding to spare him from incarceration.
The officer shot Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego, as she climbed through a broken door leading into the House Speaker’s lobby. The officer was cleared of wrongdoing by both federal prosecutors and Capitol police. Jones used Infowars to promote former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud. Jones hasn't been charged with any Jan. 6-related crimes.
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