January 6 Rioter Doug Jensen Found Guilty on All 7 Counts in Capitol Riot Case

January 6 rioter Doug Jensen was found guilty on Friday of all seven counts he was facing in the Capitol riot case.

Yahoo News reported that Jensen was one of the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 insurrection caught by Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman.

During the closing statement, the federal prosecutor said: "Doug Jensen would not be stopped on January 6 until he got what he came for: to stop the peaceful transfer of power."

Jensen was found guilty on seven charges, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder. He was scheduled for sentencing on December 16.

Doug Jensen Was Released and Put Back in Jail After a Violation

Doug Jensen has been in jail since last year while he waits for his trial. He was then eventually released as part of a high-intensity pretrial program.

However, a judge put him back in jail after he broke the rules and live-streamed an event with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who has been spreading 2020 election conspiracy theories.

During the Capitol breach, Jensen was filming a video from the base of the Capitol building, saying he was at the White House even if he was not. "Storm the White House! That's what we do!" he said in one video, NBC News reported.

Doug Jensen Capitol Breach Trial

On Friday morning, both the government and Doug Jensen's defense team gave their final arguments. In the afternoon, the jury of 10 men and two women began deliberating.

According to the prosecutor, Jensen "was the rioter who would not back down" in preventing the peaceful transfer of power. Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Arin Levenson Mirell noted that Jensen was prepared to topple every obstacle he encountered that day.

He removed a 20-foot wall to get into the Capitol, took pepper spray like oxygen, and got through police lines.

Mirell also said that Goodman didn't have any help when fighting with the mob during the January 6 riot, and the mob, which was "led by the defendant," did not leave when the police asked them to.

Jensen's wife, April Jensen, subtly sobbed as she sat in the courtroom's second row behind him as the guilty verdicts were read out.

Jensen blew her a kiss as he entered the room to accept the decision, and she did the same when her husband walked out. He was detained before the trial and remained detained following the decision.

Jensen was charged with impeding an official proceeding, carrying a maximum 20-year sentence. Other charges, like civil disorder, entering restricted grounds areas, or getting in the way of a police officer, have full sentences of five years or one year, respectively.

But defendants typically don't receive maximum penalties under federal guidelines, according to USA Today. Christopher Davis, Jensen's attorney, told the reporters that the jury was very conscientious and respected the verdict.

"This is a sad case. Doug Jensen is a good man who was struggling back when all of this occurred. He has a loving wife and family. I hope they can come back from all of this," the lawyer noted.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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