Several members of the far-right group have been convicted in relation to their involvement in the incident which followed Donald Trumps election loss.
Jessica Watkins has been sentenced to eight and a half years for storming the US Capitol on January 6A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for participating in the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
Jessica Watkins was convicted in November by a federal jury in Washington DC of obstruction of an official proceeding afterWatkins was also convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of officers during the riots. US District Judge Amit Mehta said it was"particularly hard" to issue a sentence, following testimony during the trial about Watkins' struggles with being transgender and cooperation with law enforcement during their investigation."Your role that day was more aggressive, more assaultive, more purposeful than perhaps others," Judge Mehta added.
Kenneth Harrelson, another Oath Keeper convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, was also found guilty of conspiring to prevent members of Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election win as well as tampering with documents and proceedings.
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