More than a dozen people with ties to Southern California have been convicted for their roles in the Capitol siege, including some on obstruction charges.
FILE – Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from Texas was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, on felony charges in the U.S. Capitol riot. Kyle Douglas McMahan, 41, of Watauga, was taken into custody in Dallas nearly three years after authorities say he joined the pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Derek Kinnison, convicted of obstruction in the Jan.
The men were members of the Three Percenters, a group that says it believes only 3% of American colonists took up arms against the British during the American Revolution. Some liken the current U.S. government to British authorities who infringed on civil liberties. In all, more than a dozen people with ties to Southern California have been convicted for their roles in the riot, including former La Habra Police ChiefHostetter’s sentence, among the most severe among so-called J6 defendants, came after he was convicted of obstruction and three other felonies.“I’ve been on the phone for 2 1/2 hours with clients and attorneys,” said West, who represents 20 people charged or convicted in the attempt to keep Congress from certifying the election.
Justices ruled 6-3 that the law applied only to tampering or destroying records, documents or other objects in an official proceeding.
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