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Jurors rejected Dustin Byron Thompson's novel defense, in which he blamed Trump and members of the president’s inner circle for the insurrection and for his own actions.
Dustin Thompson, who unsuccessfully tried to call former President Trump as a witness in his jury trial, was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
An Ohio man who claimed he was only “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol was convicted by a jury that took less than three hours to reject his novel defense for obstructing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory. The federal jury on Thursday also found Dustin Byron Thompson,…
Dustin Byron Thompson's defense team is the first to argue that Donald Trump and those connected to him were responsible for the actions of the Jan. 6 mob.
His defense team is the first to argue that Trump and those connected to him were responsible for the actions of the mob that day.