Judge’s Son Headed To Jail Over January 6th Coup Attempt

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Aaron Mostofsky Image via YouTube

Shortly after the January 6th attempted coup, Aaron Mostofsky, son of New York Supreme Court Judge Shlomo Mostofsky, was identified as one of the participants in the storming of the Capitol building. Of course, the sleuthing required wasn’t too difficult — he did give an interview to the New York Post from the Capitol building where he identified himself as “Aaron from Brooklyn.” (And his pelt regalia and police vest and shield baring the words “United States Capitol Police” gave him a distinctive look that made him an easy target for satire.)

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Days after that, Mostofsky was arrested, and ultimately pleaded guilty to civil disorder, theft of government property, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds.

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Now D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg has sentenced Mostofsky to eight months in prison. During sentencing, the judge called out the defendant for acting “as if this were some fantasy game.” As reported by Law.com:

“You are someone who got sucked into the fantasy of a stolen election,” Boasberg told him. “I hope you’ll leave some of this fantasy world behind because I hope at this point you understand that your indulgence in that fantasy has led to this tragic situation.”

Boasberg noted that Mostofsky at one point stated his belief that former President Donald Trump won New York, a Democratic stronghold where President Joe Biden won more than 60% of the vote.

The judge said the Capitol riot “imposed an indelible stain on how our nation is perceived both home and abroad” and that without people like Mostofsky on the front lines “the barricades wouldn’t have fallen, the Capitol wouldn’t have been overrun, people would not have been killed, others would not have had serious physical or mental injures.”

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Mostofsky told the judge he “started to make bad decisions” when it became “chaotic to the point that I had never experienced.” He added, “I’m ashamed of my contribution to the chaos of that day.”

Which is a far different perspective than Mostofsky’s infamous January 6th interview.

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