A former Virginia police sergeant who joined Donald Trump's supporters in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be sentenced to up to eight years in prison on Thursday if a judge agrees with federal prosecutors' recommendation.
A jury in April convicted Thomas Robertson, a former police sergeant for the town of Rocky Mount, Virginia, of six criminal charges, including obstructing an official proceeding and obstruction of justice.
Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, in an attempt to overturn his election defeat, which Trump falsely claims was the result of fraud.He has been in detention since last year, after the judge found he violated court orders and continued to purchase what prosecutors described as an "arsenal" of guns online. FBI agents also found a loaded M4 rifle and a partially assembled pipe bomb at his home during a search.
Prosecutors said Robertson "anticipated violence" on Jan. 6, and he packed gas masks for himself and Fracker, as well as military food rations, water and a large wooden stick. In a letter to the judge, Robertson said he takes "full responsibility" for his actions on Jan. 6, and said that he was "exposed to lots of pro-Trump, anti-Biden media" while he was passing the time in 2020 with a cancer-stricken friend.
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