Anna Paulina Luna asks for lesser sentence for convicted Tampa Bay Jan. 6 protester

[Zorro]

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on Friday wrote a letter asking a judge to take “leniency” when considering the sentence of Jeremy Michael Brown, a Tampa Bay man who appeared at the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol with the extremist Oath Keepers group.

In September, federal agents searched Brown’s Hillsborough County property as part of an inquiry into the Jan. 6 events. Agents found two illegal guns, a pair of hand grenades and a classified military document, among other things. (Brown is a former U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant.)

In a December trial, Brown faced 10 federal charges. A jury convicted Brown of six of them and acquitted him of the other four. Federal prosecutors are recommending he get nine years in prison — the high end of the recommended federal sentencing range for those charges for someone with no prior criminal history like Brown.

Luna, a Republican first-term member of Congress from St. Petersburg, argued in her letter that the judge should give Brown less time than that.

“Mr. Brown is a non-violent criminal who has embraced his failure and shown his willingness to rehabilitate and become a productive member of society,” Luna wrote to federal District Judge Susan Bucklew.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/29/anna-paulina-luna-january-6-federal-crime/

Looks pretty non-violent to me from his Jan 6 picture...