A few of them wrote letters of support on his behalf. He helped other people recover from addictions. Since his arrest in 2021, Gardner has spent time in a substance abuse treatment program in Tampa, according to the defense memo. In the late afternoon, Gardner returned to the tunnel area, where he watched, cheered and encouraged rioters as they continued to assault officers. That person used it to attack police, court records state.
He waved other rioters inside and was seen handing to another person what appeared to be a wooden table or desk leg. Gardner was able to access a room inside the Senate Terrace Mezzanine. He later was heard shouting for rioters to use a ladder to break a window at the top of the tunnel and used the pepper spray canister to shatter the glass himself, according to court records. 6, 2021.Īs police struggled to keep the rioters out of the tunnel, Gardner, as quoted in court records, was heard shouting “drag them out,” “pull the cops out,” and “fight for Trump.” He managed to get hold of a police pepper spray canister and sprayed officers with it.
Pictures included in court documents show Gardner wearing a red sweater with the words “Reagan-Bush 84″ and a red cap emblazoned with “Trump 45th President.” He was near the front of the massive crowd that swarmed the Lower West Terrace tunnel outside the U.S. Gardner came to the capital alone and became “wrapped up” in the events that transpired, his attorney said. “He was surrounded by people who only watched a certain media outlet, only believed and spread the misinformation that was now popular on most right-wing news channels and outlets.” Gardner, discussed and exalted Trump,” Siddiqui wrote. “The years that Trump was in office, everyone around Mr.
When he heard Trump encouraging claims of election fraud, he came to believe it was true. He wasn’t a political extremist, but “flourished financially” during Trump’s years in office, defense attorney Farheena Siddiqui wrote. He didn’t vote for former President Donald Trump in 2016, believing his initial candidacy to be a “joke” and a publicity stunt, the memo stated. He voted for former President Barack Obama in 20. He’d never been involved in politics before Jan. Gardner, 36, was described in a sentencing memo filed by his defense attorney as being ashamed of his actions.
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