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The day of the attack on the US Capitol, John Sullivan led members of the mob into the building and filmed the death of fellow rioter Ashli Babbitt. Later, he posed as a journalist while selling the video footage to news organizations for more than $90,000. For that, Sullivan on Friday received a sentence of six years in federal prison, Politico reports. The judge said the defendant stands alone in the case for exploiting the rioters supporting Donald Trump while not “subscribing to the goals of the protest,” per NBC News. Sullivan, 29, of Utah, had expressed support for the Black Lives Matter…