A Washington, D.C., chiropractor who admitted he “scuffled” with officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is sentenced to 60 days of incarceration.
Walls-Kaufman was originally scheduled to be sentenced in May, but Cobb
after receiving letters from family members of Jeffrey Smith, a Metropolitan Police Department officer who died by suicide shortly after Jan. 6., shortly after they were identified by online sleuths, accusing them of assaulting and playing a role in her husband’s death. Taranto, who lives in Washington state and has not been arrested or charged in connection with Jan. 6, has acknowledged being at the Capitol that day but denied any involvement in Smiths’ death.
Erin Smith, Jeffrey Smith’s widow, spoke at Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, which unfolded at the same time that former President Donald Trump wasin connection with his indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents and trying to obstruct a federal investigation. Erin Smith told the court that her late husband was a “great police officer” who took great pride in his work.
and dozens of other rioters out of the Capitol after the death of Ashli Babbitt; and hours later, when an unknown individual in the mob outside the Capitol threw a metal object that struck Smith in the face.that Smith’s injuries from Jan. 6 were “the sole and direct cause” of his death by suicide and granted survivor benefits because his death was found to have happened in the line of duty.
“My life will never be the same,” Erin Smith said. She spoke about how she had to fight to get justice and enlist the help of online “Sedition Hunters” to “comb through hours and hours of video” to find out what happened to her husband that day. She said she lost the opportunity to grow a family with her husband.
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