{"id":2673847,"date":"2026-10-01T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-took-explosives-to-mass-for-scotus-justices-gets-mindboggling-sentence-thanks-to-obama-judge\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:24:05","slug":"man-who-took-explosives-to-mass-for-scotus-justices-gets-mindboggling-sentence-thanks-to-obama-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-took-explosives-to-mass-for-scotus-justices-gets-mindboggling-sentence-thanks-to-obama-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Took Explosives to Mass for SCOTUS Justices Gets Mindboggling Sentence Thanks to Obama Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-who-took-explosives-to-mass-for-scotus-justices-gets-mindboggling-sentence-thanks-to-obama-judge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2673847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man named louis Geri has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison for threatening to detonate more than 100 improvised explosive devices on the steps of St. Matthew\u2019s Cathedral in Washington, DC, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-task-force-releases-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-finds-stunning-security-failures\/\" title=\"House Task Force Releases Report on Trump Assassination Attempt, Finds &#039;Stunning Security Failures&#039;\">high-profile event attended<\/a> by goverment officials and Supreme Court justices. Geri, diagnosed with bipolar disorder and off his medication at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >made violent demands including financial compensation<\/a> and political statements, and was found with explosives near a church. Despite his mental health issues, critics argue that his threats and actions posed serious safety risks and should have been met with a longer prison sentence. The judge\u2019s decision to give a shorter sentence, citing mental illness as a mitigating factor, has sparked controversy, with many emphasizing that public safety should be the priority and individuals who threaten violence should not be released prematurely.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Louis Geri will be spending the next five years and ten months in federal prison for threatening to detonate more than 100 improvised explosive devices on the steps of St. Matthew\u2019s Cathedral in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>Is that enough time behind bars? Probably not.<\/p>\n<p>You see, this wasn\u2019t just a normal bomb threat. On Monday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/new-jersey-man-sentenced-70-months-threatening-red-mass-attendees-st-matthews-cathedral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that the threat coincided with the annual Red Mass \u2014 a service often attended by Supreme Court justices and other senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Geri\u2019s high-profile targets, violent threats, and outrageous demands, Judge Randolph Moss granted a shorter sentence in response to the defense\u2019s argument, saying his \u201cconduct was the product of a treatable medical condition spiraling out of control, not malice or an actual intent to harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to reporting by <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/man-gets-6-years-prison-taking-explosives-church-136828054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, Geri had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had been skipping his medicine in the months leading up to the incident. Defense counsel claimed that this crime was driven by mental illness \u2014 not malice.<\/p>\n<p>This is ridiculous. Mental illness does not justify endangering law-abiding Americans. We don\u2019t want him around our kids, in our neighborhoods, or at our places of work.<\/p>\n<p>Any judge that expedites the release of a would-be terrorist clearly has insufficient regard for human welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the facts of the case:<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 5, 2025, Metropolitan Police Department officers approached a tent in front of St. Matthew\u2019s. Inside of that tent, they found 42-year-old Louis Geri. They told him to move. He didn\u2019t and then threatened to throw one of his IEDs into the street to prove its power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral of your people are gonna die from one of these,\u201d Geri told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a>. He then asked to negotiate with federal officers.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted hundreds of thousands of dollars, extended accommodations at the Mayflower Hotel, a flight to Japan, and he wanted the Supreme Court to kick Arizona out of the Union and declare it a \u201cforeign enemy.\u201d His demands also disproportionately targeted leaders of the Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, his nine pages of demands were ignored, negotiations never took place, and the cops were able to take Geri into custody. Following his arrest, he admitted that he wanted to use force to coerce negotiations and that he was willing to use the explosives to harm people and property.<\/p>\n<p>Potential targets? St. Matthew\u2019s Cathedral, the White House, the Washington Monument, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court.\u202fAnd, assumedly, the Supreme Court justices themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/norton.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/norton-recommendation-for-dc-district-court-judge-randolph-moss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama-appointed<\/a> Judge Moss wants to see this man back in polite society in less than six years. This is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>A judge\u2019s job isn\u2019t to play therapist \u2014 it\u2019s to keep dangerous people away from potential victims. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n<p>The first two priorities of the U.S. justice system are to punish the wrongdoer and maintain public safety. While inmate rehabilitation is important, it should be subordinate to these other areas of focus.<\/p>\n<p>Call me crazy, but maybe \u2014 just maybe \u2014 people who threaten to detonate 100 bombs unless Arizona is expelled from the union should not be on our streets.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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