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VA NG Cpl. Jacob Fracker got probation for his part in the January 6 fun and games after testifying against Thomas Robertson, an Army vet who was also a Rocky Mount, VA policeman. The above selfie was snapped in the Senate building after they allegedly donned gas masks and fought with DC police.<\/p>\n
The relatively light punishment comes just days after his companion at the Capitol that day, Thomas Robertson, 49, of Ferrum, Virginia, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for being part of the mob that attempted to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s election victory.<\/p>\n
Fracker, who had deployed as a Marine to Camp Leatherneck and Helmand, Afghanistan, from 2011 to 2013, looked up to Robertson, who had claimed to be a graduate of the Army Ranger<\/a> School and to have a Purple Heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n
But prosecutors said those claims about his military record were lies. Robertson had served in the Army, but had embellished his service in his retelling to Fracker.<\/p>\n
“Mr. Fracker was the victim of Mr. Robertson’s lies more than anyone else, because he truly lost the life and career that meant so much to him, due largely to Mr. Robertson’s urging,” the attorneys wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n