An attorney for James Bonet says his disillusionment with the USDA's former food pyramid nutritional guidelines led him to believing in election conspiracies.
WASHINGTON — A New York man facing jail time for smoking marijuana inside a U.S. senator’s office during the Capitol riot says his road to believing former President Donald Trump’s election fraud lies began with the food pyramid.
James Bonet, 29, pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanor charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building. As part of the plea deal, the government agreed to drop a much more serious felony charge of obstructing the joint session of Congress that could have earned Bonet up to 20 years in prison.
Bonet was one of hundreds of members of the pro-Trump mob that entered the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6. While inside, he posted a number of photos, including one captioned, “Right in the doorsteps this is our house we will take it back.”
In another post, Bonet uploaded a selfie of him holding a joint to his lips inside Merkley’s office, with the caption, “Smoking at the capital [sic] building.”
The Class “A” misdemeanor charge Bonet pleaded guilty to carries a maximum sentence of up to 1 year in prison. On Wednesday, his attorney, Lisa Peebles, argued in a memo a probationary sentence would be more appropriate.
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