Trump Highlights 450-Year Prison Sentences For Convicted Antifa Members

During sentencing, Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor described the attack as “an assault on Democracy.”

Judge Mark Pittman noted that only luck prevented an even greater tragedy.

“It’s by the grace of God that Song is not dead,” Pittman said, adding that a responding officer’s gunfire struck Song’s rifle rather than Song himself during the exchange.

Defense attorneys and supporters of the defendants argued the punishments were excessive and disputed prosecutors’ characterization of the group, BBC reported.