A Colorado man pleaded guilty Monday to using a baseball bat and pepper spray on four U.S. Capitol police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that interrupted the certification of the 2020 election.
Robert Gieswein pleaded guilty to two federal charges of assaulting or interfering with a federal officer. Each count carries a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine. In exchange for the guilty pleas, federal prosecutors agreed to dismiss nine other counts they filed against Gieswein.
Gieswein, then 24, traveled to the Capitol from Woodland Park and carried a bat and dressed himself in pseudo-military garb during the riot, according to the criminal complaint filed against him.
