"An Ohio man who assaulted law enforcement officers during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and who the Justice Department said became a one-man misinformation machine as he spread lies online about what occurred that day, was sentenced on Thursday to four years and 10 months in prison."
"They emphasized his apparent lack of regret in their sentencing memo, stating that Mr. Thomas had expressed no remorse for his crimes, and instead sought fame and notoriety after being part of the mob on Jan. 6."
"Federal prosecutors, who had asked that Mr. Thomas be sentenced to about nine years in prison, said in court records that his significant spread of falsehoods was hard to overstate: He started his own webpage and brand centered around his self-created identity as a rioter; he produced more than 20 hours of Jan. 6-related content each week; and he repeatedly falsely claimed that Jan. 6 was a setup."
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