A man who ran for the congressional seat previously held by former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) taunted a federal judge’s decision to immediately send him to prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Philip Sean Grillo, who was sentenced Friday to 12 months in prison, let it be known in court that President-elect Trump would likely pardon him.
“Trump’s gonna pardon me anyways,” Grillo, a New York district leader from Queens, said as U.S. Marshals took him into custody.
In 2023, Grillo was found guilty of the felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, along with a series of misdemeanors. After the Supreme Court narrowed the government’s use of obstruction law this summer, Grillo filed a motion for acquittal on that count.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who presided over the case, sentenced Grillo on Friday for the remaining misdemeanor counts.
“I will do my job as I’m bound by oath to do, and the president will do his. It’s as simple as that,” the judge said .