US Capitol riots: First defendant sentenced, avoids jail
25 June 2021 |
10:54 am
An Indiana woman has become the first to be sentenced among those charged with participating in the January 6 US Capitol violence. Meanwhile, a member of the extremist Oath Keeper group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
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