COLTS NECK, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A white supremacist army reservist from New Jersey who had “secret” security clearance was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for his role in breaching the Capitol Building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, a 32-year-old from Colts Neck, was one of the first rioters to breach the police line and enter the Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.
During the trial, prosecutors described his role in urging the mob to ‘advance’ and escalate the violence at the Capitol.
He reportedly told police a “revolution” was coming and stayed in the Capitol Building for about 40 minutes after breaking through the Senate Wing door.
Hale-Cusanelli was enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves at the time of the riot and worked as a contractor at a naval weapons station, which granted him “secret” security clearance.
He was barred from the facility after his arrest on Jan. 15, 2021.
The DOJ circulated pictures of him dressed and posing as Adolf Hitler, and prosecutors identified him as a white supremacist obsessed with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that encourage violence against Jews.
“It is well-established in the record at this point that Hale-Cusanelli subscribes to White Supremacist and Nazi-Sympathizer ideologies that drive his enthusiasm for another civil war and formed the basis of this Court’s pretrial determination that Hale-Cusanelli was a danger to the community,” said prosecutor Kathryn Fifield in a sentencing memorandum.
"Hale-Cusanelli said that 'political solutions' will never be sufficient to root out entrenched interests — Democrats, the influence of major corporations and Jews," she continued. "Cusanelli said 'the system there is so entrenched, no amount of activism will ever remove their influence.'"
Hale-Cusanelli was found guilty of felony obstruction of an official proceeding and four related misdemeanors on May 27, 2022.
The D.C. federal court that sentenced him on Thursday enhanced his sentence after it found he obstructed justice during the trial by lying under oath.
Law enforcement has arrested more than 870 people for crimes during the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot.
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