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FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Juries aren’t swayed by defenses in Capitol riot trials

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Webster was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ex-NYPD officer gets 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

FILE - This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Retired New York City police officer Webster is the next to go on trial, with jury selection scheduled to begin Monday, April 25, 2022. Webster has claimed he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer who was trying to protect the Capitol from a mob on Jan. 6. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

Officer describes fending off Capitol rioter at man’s trial

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

Ex-NYPD officer and Marine charged in violent Capitol attack

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, photo, violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, in Washington. A pro-China network of fake and imposter accounts found a global audience on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to mock the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the deadly riot in Washington that left five dead, new research published Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, found. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Thomas Webster, retired NYPD officer, charged in Capitol riot

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times