Rioter said he was following orders, found guilty on all charges
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
Updated 6:33 PM ET, Thu April 14, 2022
A January 6 rioter who claimed he was following "presidential orders" when he stormed the US Capitol and stole liquor and a coat rack was convicted Thursday on all charges by a jury in Washington, DC.
Dustin Thompson, a 38-year-old exterminator from Ohio, faced six charges -- obstructing an official proceeding, theft of government property, illegally entering the Capitol, illegally protesting in the Capitol, and two counts of disorderly conduct in the Capitol ...
The trial marked the first time a Capitol riot defendant tried to convince a jury that Trump was responsible for the violence on January 6, 2021. Thompson's lawyer told the jury Trump was an "evil and sinister man" who had incited the riot with his incendiary speech at the Ellipse, where he told his supporters to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell" ...
... "I was caught up in the moment" ...
Prosecutors ridiculed this idea, arguing that Thompson is an adult capable of making his own decisions ...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/politics/dustin-thompson-january-6-trump/index.html