A Jan. 6 rioter who bragged that he ‘beat the s––– out of a police officer’ at the U.S. Capitol texting and told friends and family that a “violent mass uprising” was needed to keep “tyrants” and “Socialists” from taking power is getting out of prison after serving his time.
Brian Christopher Mock, 45, of Minnesota , learned about his turn of fate on Friday during a resentencing hearing by Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg. Mock was initially sentenced in February to 33 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,710 in restitution and fines, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said .
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He was found guilty in July 2023, following a bench trial before Boasberg, a Barack Obama appointee. Mock’s conviction for obstruction of an official proceeding was vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that it was wrongly applied to Jan. 6 defendants.
As Law& Crime previously reported , the FBI says Mock went to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 unsure of what he would face, but as he shared on social media just days later, he was prepared to fully commit to whatever came his way — even death.