Man sentenced to 6 years in prison for attacking police with pole at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison.
David Joseph Gietzen, 31, of Sanford, North Carolina, struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Gietzen told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols that he didn’t intend to hurt anybody that day. But he didn’t express any regret or remorse for his actions on Jan. 6, when he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in interrupting the joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
“I have to make it explicitly known that I believe I did the right thing,” he said before learning his sentence.
The judge said Gietzen made it clear during his trial testimony — and his sentencing hearing — that he clings to his baseless beliefs that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump.
Related articles
Erik Jones to miss Dover race because of broken lower vertebra
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Erik Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck a2024-04-24PSG loanee Ekitiké scores winner as Eintracht Frankfurt beats Augsburg
BERLIN (AP) — Hugo Ekitiké scored his first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt to help it to a 3-1 come-fr2024-04-24Shocking moment group of yobs hurl racist abuse at train passengers
This is the shocking moment a group of yobs hurl racist abuse at passengers on a train before threat2024-04-24Religious leader faces new charge in case that brought 5
Investigators in southern Vietnam charged the 92-year-old leader of a Buddhist community with incest2024-04-24Meg Bennett dead at 75 following cancer battle: Emmy
Veteran soap opera actress Meg Bennett has died after a cancer battle at the age of 75.Bennett's fam2024-04-24American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/18/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Friday:Alphabet2024-04-24
atest comment