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Prosecutors recommend six months in prison for a man at the center of a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory

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Federal prosecutors on Tuesday recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for a man at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol — an attack that he has admitted to joining.

, who is scheduled to be sentenced next Tuesday, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of

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