Trump pardoned the man who attacked Officer Michael Fanone

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A California man who prosecutors described as "one of the most violent defendants on January 6, 2021" was sentenced to 151 months — about 12 ½ years — in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to violent and obstructive conduct during the Capitol riot. 

File: Jan. 6, 2021, defendant Daniel Rodriguez Government exhibit

Daniel "DJ" Rodriguez admitted as part of a plea agreement in February that he attacked former Washington, D.C. police officer Michael Fanone with a taser, causing him to lose consciousness, and that he worked to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. Rodriguez will also have to pay $96,000 to cover medical treatment for Fanone and $2,000 in restitution for the destruction of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

 His attack on Officer Michael Fanone:

Once at the Capitol, according to prosecutors, Rodriguez made his way to a tunnel at the building's lower west terrace — where some of the most violence attacks against police occurred — and discharged a fire extinguisher at officers. Another alleged rioter then handed him a taser and, after minutes of intense fighting, investigators allege the mob pulled Fanone from the police line and into the crowd. 

"Rodriguez moved through the crowd, towards the captured officer. With his electroshock weapon in hand, Rodriguez reached his arm towards the side of Officer Fanone's neck, landing the device on the side of Officer Fanone's neck, below the left ear of Officer Fanone's helmet," prosecutors said in court filings, "Despite Officer Fanone's efforts to get away, Rodriguez struck again, placing the electroshock weapon on the back of Officer Fanone's neck.

Ironically:

Rodriguez's attorneys said he was "remorseful" for his actions and even wrote a letter to Fanone in which he called the former police officer "a brave man." 

"I am looking at serving a long prison sentence and no letter I write is getting me out of that. Sir, I only want to apologize from the heart,"  Rodriguez wrote to Fanone. "I got carried away and have never been through something like that, that made me out of my mind. I wish I was smarter. I should have protected you because I have deep respect for law enforcement, and I have always stood up for police officers."

And yet afterwards, he bragged:

"OMG I did so much f***ing s***," Rodriguez wrote after the breach, according to his plea agreement, "Tazzed the f*** out of the blue."