Paul Allard Hodgkins, one of the rioters who raided the Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced on Monday to eight months in prison. "If I had any idea that the protest … would escalate (the way) it did … I would never have ventured farther than the sidewalk of Pennsylvania Avenue,” Hodgkins told Judge Randolph Moss, the Associated Press reported. “[It] was a foolish decision on my part.” Hodgkins, who spent about 15 minutes inside the Senate chamber, wearing a Donald Trump shirt and carrying a Trump flag, is the first of the Capitol rioters to be sentenced and convicted of a felony for participating in the attack, which led to 140 injuries and the deaths of five people. Paul Allard Hodgkins has been sentenced to 8 months in prison in association with the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Hodgkins is the first person to be sentenced in a felony case in connection with the January 6 riot. pic.twitter.com/x5tnGrNa06 — NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 19, 2021 According to Hodgkins’ attorney Patrick...