Jail time for two Capitol riot defendants pleading guilty to petty misdemeanor
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Two men will each serve 45 days in prison for crimes committed during the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, despite other defendants receiving probation after pleading guilty to the same charge.
In court Wednesday, Robert Bauer and Edward Hemingway pled guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol Building, a petty misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in prison.
Bauer admitted to traveling from his home in Kentucky to Winchester, Virginia to meet up with Hemmingway, his cousin. According to prosecutors, the two men marched from then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally to the U.S. Capitol and went inside, passing S.W.A.T. officers standing outside the Capitol building. The two men took selfies and videos inside the Capitol, with Bauer chanting, “Our house! Our house!” with a large crowd behind him, according to court docs.
The Department of Justice asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to sentence both men to 30 days in prison and pay $500 restitution for damage to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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