A Colorado Springs man was sentenced Monday to almost three years in jail for his half through the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot that sought to cease President Joe Biden’s electoral votes from being licensed.
Jacob Travis Clark, 34, was sentenced to 33 months in jail and 12 months of supervised launch after being discovered responsible of obstruction of an official continuing, a felony, and several other misdemeanors, together with partaking in bodily violence in a restricted constructing, in line with a information launch from america Lawyer for the District of Columbia.
Clark’s legal conduct on Jan. 6 was captured in his textual content messages and surveillance movies of him getting into and remaining within the Capitol constructing, the information launch acknowledged.
Clark acknowledged in one in every of his textual content messages he anticipated Jan. 6 to be a “revolt,” and stated, “They’re going into D.C. and bringing weapons. Which isn’t allowed in D.C. They aren’t gonna let Biden win.”
He drove to Washington, D.C. from Colorado on Jan. 5, 2021, and was one of many first to enter the Capitol by the Senate Wing doorways.
“Clark was then noticed strolling down the hallway from the Senate Wing Door towards the Crypt holding a 2×4 picket plank,” the information launch acknowledged. “Moments later, a U.S. Capitol Police Officer (USCP) was hit with the picket 2×4 plank, which compelled the officer to retreat into the Crypt in seen ache.”
Clark then joined extra rioters and threatened cops, pushing additional into the Capitol.
The FBI arrested Clark on Apr. 21, 2021, in Colorado Springs. He was discovered responsible in January 2023.
Within the 33 months since Jan. 6, 2021, greater than 1,100 individuals have been charged in almost all 50 states for crimes associated to the breach of the U.S. Capitol.
