Former Navy interpreter sentenced to 28 months in prison for assaulting police on Jan. 6

[Eugene]

Source: WUSA-TV

WASHINGTON — A federal judge sentenced a former U.S. Navy interpreter to more than two years in prison Tuesday for assaulting police during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Matthew DaSilva, 51, of Collin County, Texas, was sentenced to 28 months in prison on two felony counts of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police. He will receive credit for nine months already spent in jail since his conviction in July.

Prosecutors sought 52 months, or more than four years, in prison for DaSilva, who worked with other rioters to blockade a door to prevent police from entering the West Plaza of the U.S. Capitol. DaSilva then made his way to the Lower West Terrace, where he stayed for more than two hours amid some of the worst mob violence against police. DaSilva himself was convicted of joining the mob’s assault on police who were defending the Lower West Terrace Tunnel. In their sentencing memo, prosecutors said DaSilva used his full bodyweight to push against a riot shield and crush a DC Police officer. They said he also attempted to pull the shield away from another officer –knocking them off balance and leaving them exposed to a desk drawer thrown by another rioter, which hit them in the head.

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Author: Jordan Fischer
Published: 6:11 PM EDT April 23, 2024
Updated: 7:27 PM EDT April 23, 2024


Read more: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/former-navy-interpreter-sentenced-to-28-months-in-prison-for-assaulting-police-on-jan-6-matthew-dasilva-texas/65-adbc55f0-8e0c-4fa6-b465-b04106896df7

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[Eugene]

1. Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia

Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia

Defendant Assaulted Police Officers in Tunnel

WASHINGTON – A Texas man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia on charges related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and those of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Matthew DaSilva, 51, of Lavon, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols to 28 months in prison and six months of supervised release.

On July 19, 2023, Judge Nichols found DaSilva guilty of felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. In addition to the felonies, DaSilva was found guilty of a misdemeanor offense of act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.

According to the government's evidence, DaSilva was present among a crowd of rioters amassed on the west front of the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. At approximately 2:35 p.m., DaSilva made his way to the west plaza of the Capitol grounds, holding a flagpole and waving a large blue flag. At around 4:20 p.m., DaSilva was observed on Capitol Police CCTV footage at the back of a group of rioters, engaging in a group "heave-ho" maneuver in an attempt to dislodge law enforcement from their position defending the Lower West Terrace Tunnel entrance to the building. The Tunnel was the site of some of the most violent attacks against law enforcement on January 6th.

At approximately 4:33 p.m., DaSilva was observed approaching a group of officers assembled in the Tunnel and forcibly pushing against an officer's outstretched riot shield. DaSilva is then seen grabbing a riot shield and pulling it away from an officer. Court documents say that DaSilva then made further physical contact when he swatted the officer's arm away as the officer attempted to deploy a handheld canister of OC spray.

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Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0

[Kaleva]

2. I wonder how he'll interpret that?

[BaronChocula]

3. And the incontinent devil who started it all

gets to eat his well-done steak or pile of Bic Macs every night after court in one of his over-gilt tacky abodes.

[republianmushroom]

4. Matthew, welcome to Fed. U. and and your life long enrollment in the Felon Club.

Enjoy.