A Georgia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the anti-government Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to probation and home detention instead of prison — a reward for helping prosecutors in one of the most consequential cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Brian Ulrich pleaded guilty in 2022 to seditious conspiracy, which is the most serious criminal charge stemming from the attack on the Capitol by a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
Judges at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., have continued to sentence Capitol riot defendants after the Nov. 5 election even though President-elect Trump has vowed to pardon Jan. 6 rioters once he returns to the White House in January.
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