Former Oregon State Representative Mike Nearman speaks to defense attorney Jason Short on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Nearman pleaded guilty to official misconduct in connection with allowing armed demonstrators into the state Capitol last year.
Video of the incident shows the demonstrators fighting with police, and at least one person using mace on officers. After they were forced out of the state Capitol, some in the crowd vandalized the building and assaulted journalists.
Former state Rep. Mike Nearman illegally allowed armed demonstrators into the locked Oregon state Capitol last year. Now he’s banned from the building himself.
On Tuesday morning, Nearman pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree official misconduct in connection with the Dec. 21 incident. In exchange for prosecutors dropping a second charge of criminal trespassing, Nearman accepted a sentence that includes an 18-month ban from Capitol grounds, 80 hours of community service, and $2,900 in fines and restitutio
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Former Oregon state lawmaker Mike Nearman pleads guilty in Capitol incident
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