After cooperating with prosecutors for over two years and admitting to his role in the seditious conspiracy to stop the transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021, Brian Ulrich, a former Georgia member of the Oath Keeper extremist group, was sentenced to 36 months, or three years, of probation on Tuesday, in line with a considerably lenient request from the Justice Department.
Prosecutors had asked that Ulrich spend three years on supervised probation, do 120 hours of community service and pay $2,000 in restitution to go toward the nearly $3 million in damages done to the Capitol. Ulrich was mostly unopposed to those terms and told the court he has had no contact with Oath Keepers since he was released on a $25,000 bond in August 2021.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta agreed to impose the $2,000 restitution order during Tuesday’s hearing.
Ulrich could have faced up to 20 years for his charges if he hadn’t cooperated with prosecutors.
On Jan. 6 and in the weeks leading up to it, Ulrich was under the direction of Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, who was hellbent on opposing the transfer of power to then President-elect Joe Biden from Donald Trump.
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