Tag: Rioter
First Jan. 6 Rioter to Enter Capitol Gets More Than 4 Years in Prison
Michael Sparks, 57, was the first rioter to breach the Capitol and among the first to be confronted by the U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman. [...]
Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to 20 Years for Assaults on Police
David Dempsey received one of the stiffest sentences issued so far in the riot after attacking the police with his hands, his feet, a flagpole, crutch [...]
Jan. 6 Rioter Is Running for Office in South Carolina. How Will Voters See Him?
Elias Irizarry participated in the Jan. 6 riot, and now he’s running for the legislature in South Carolina. Will voters see it as a liability, or an a [...]
‘Sedition Panda,’ a Jan. 6 Rioter in a Costume Head, Is Convicted
Jesse James Rumson, known as Sedition Panda for the costume head he wore, was found guilty of eight charges related to his participation in the breach [...]
Court Overturns Sentencing Enhancement Used in Jan. 6 Rioter Cases
The ruling could require many convicted rioters to be resentenced, but it may mean little in light of a broader Supreme Court decision due by June.
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Jan. 6 Rioter Who Beat Officer With Flagpole Gets Four-Year Sentence
A truck driver who assaulted a police officer with a flagpole at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Monday to 52 months in federal prison.T [...]
Jan. 6 Rioter Who Put His Feet Up in Pelosi’s Office Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison
An Arkansas man who became notorious for putting his foot on a desk in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the attack on the Capitol by supporters of [...]
Jan. 6 Rioter Gets 5 Years’ Probation as Judge Cites Autism Diagnosis
Nicholas Rodean broke two window panes with a flagpole and was one of the first to enter the Capitol, federal prosecutors said. He was ordered to spen [...]
Trump White House Called Capitol Rioter on Jan. 6, Book Says
Denver Riggleman, a former staff member of the House committee investigating the assault on the Capitol, said the call came from a White House landlin [...]
Rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt gets jail term
Photographs of Packer wearing the sweatshirt went viral after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. When FBI agents asked him why he wore it, he “ [...]
First Capitol Rioter to Face Trial Gets 7 Years, Longest Sentence So Far
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday sentenced Guy Wesley Reffitt, the first defendant to go on trial in the Justice Department’s sprawling criminal [...]
Capitol Hill rioter publishes NFT collection from prison
Chansley, who is an American far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, was pictured storming the US Capitol building and on the Senate floor in Janu [...]
Capitol Rioter Generally known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Responsible
Jacob Chansley, a former actor and Navy sailor extensively often known as the QAnon Shaman, who stormed the Capitol in January in stars-and-stripes [...]
Capitol Rioter Often known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Responsible
Jacob Chansley, a former actor and Navy sailor broadly referred to as the QAnon Shaman, who stormed the Capitol in January in stars-and-stripes fac [...]
Jacob Chansley, Capitol Rioter Often known as QAnon Shaman, Pleads Responsible
Jacob Chansley, a former actor and Navy sailor extensively referred to as the QAnon Shaman, who stormed the Capitol in January in stars-and-stripes [...]