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President Biden said on Dec. 9 that our democracy ”can at times be fragile, but it also inherently resilient.” Not everyone, however, is so optimistic as the president. The events of Jan. 6 and their aftermath have sparked concern that our “fragile democracy” is in grave danger.

While most sentences have so far been relatively lenient, dozens of the most serious cases are still working through the system, including many that have not yet gone to trial

Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jail | 2022-01-02 13:15:04

Some of the longest sentences have gone to rioters charged with ‘assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon’

A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on Monday received a sentence of almost four years in prison, one of the longest yet for January 6 defendant.

A man who helped assault police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to almost four years in prison Monday, prosecutors said. The...

Washington, Dec 12 (EFE).- A man was sentenced Monday to three years and eight months in prison for attacking police officers during the January assault on the United States Capitol by followers of former President Donald Trump, in which five people died. Devlyn Thompson was sentenced to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty on …

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Devlyn Thompson to nearly four years for assaulting a police officer with a metal baton on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.

A man who joined a mob in one of the most violent attacks on police during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Monday to nearly four years in prison. Devlyn Thompson, 28, wrote an apology letter to the officer whom he assaulted during a melee in a tunnel where police battled with dozens of rioters

A man who helped assault police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to almost four years in prison Monday, prosecutors said. The...