PENDLETON, Ore — After storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, an Oregon man's request to have his sentencing delayed until after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump was denied.
This week, 24-year-old Jonathanpeter Klein of Pendleton was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting law enforcement, along with other charges related to the breach of the Capitol. He also received three years of probation and must pay $3,000 dollars in restitution.
Court documents said Klein and his older brother, Matthew, traveled from Oregon to the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021. Jonathanpeter then injured a metro police officer before entering the Capitol building and recording with his cell phone. He and his brother then left the Capitol and forced open a different door to the building, causing over $10,000 in damages.
Matthew was sentenced to 90 days in jail earlier this year. Both brothers had pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges in July.
A few weeks ago, a federal judge had denied the three-month delay proposed by Klein and scheduled him to be sentenced Dec. 3, along with his brother.
Tung Yin, a law professor at Lewis and Clark Law School, though, told KGW that Trump could quite easily offer a blanket order clearing those involved in Jan. 6 shortly after taking office, rather than go through the lengthy pardon process.
