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The Department of Justice recommends the conviction of a Pennsylvania barber on January 6, 2021. capitol riot Facing 20 years in prison.
Ryan Samsell found guilty In February 2024, he was charged with multiple crimes, including assaulting a federal officer, committing physical violence inside the Capitol and obstructing an official proceeding.
According to court documents, the Justice Department proposed a sentence of 240 months in prison, three years of supervised release, restitution of $2,000 and a fine.
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The Justice Department is recommending a 20-year prison sentence for a Pennsylvania man convicted of multiple charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
“A sentence of 240 months in prison reflects the seriousness of Samsel’s conduct and provides adequate deterrence given Samsel’s continued lack of remorse, aggressive and public retelling of false narratives, violent criminal history, and interest in attacking the Capitol again,” Justice the ministry wrote in the report. A memo.
Samsell was the first rioter to break through the restricted area of the Capitol along with other supporters of the current president-elect Donald Trump According to the Justice Department, this was an effort to delay the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory.
He was found guilty of insulting a police officer, forcibly pushing and pulling a metal barricade and striking an officer in the face with a metal barricade.
The Justice Department said Ryan Samsel, who was convicted on multiple charges for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, was the first person to breach the Capitol perimeter that day. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Police were then overwhelmed as “the floodgates opened” and “thousands of rioters poured onto the West Front of the U.S. Capitol,” the Justice Department said in the filing.
“Samsel spent the next hour and a half terrorizing police officers on the Western Front,” the document said. “He attacked police officers with a flag, grabbed another officer’s shield, tore up scaffolding and flashed police officers , grabbed a 2×4 board, threw it toward the police line and threw a pole toward another police line.”
Ryan Samsell was found guilty of insulting a police officer at the Capitol, forcibly pushing and pulling a metal barricade, and lifting a metal barricade to strike a police officer in the face. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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“Samsel was proud of his actions that day, taking time during the riot to record a selfie video and smiling as he announced that he had broken into the Capitol,” the Justice Department wrote. “Years later, Samsell Searle remains proud of his actions, telling an interviewer at the time that his actions on January 6 were justified because ‘sometimes call for civil unrest.’
