Author: Tom Jackman

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Shane Jason Woods also admitted to assault on a police officer and faces 33 to 41 months in prison, prosecutors say.

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Thomas Webester was the first person tried on charges of assaulting a police officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

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Joshua Pruitt, who joined the far-right group during earlier violent protests in Washington, D.C., was described by police as an instigator of the riot.

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Kyle Fitzsimons, seen with a bloody face in a widely shared photo from the Capitol riot, pushed his way to the front line and assaulted three police officers, according to testimony.

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The men led the first wave through police barricades, then body-surfed to a Capitol entrance to cause more mayhem.

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Though the full picture of how many were armed among the crowd is unclear, court records, trial testimony and accounts from police officers and rioters have supplied growing evidence that multiple people brought firearms to D.C. for Jan. 6.

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The newly elected state delegate, and antiabortion activist, was quickly identified after he live-streamed himself going into the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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The Otero County, N.M., commissioner said he merely went to the Capitol to pray with protesters

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Caroline Edwards became for many the first police face to appear on a national stage to discuss the viciousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.