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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Pardoned January 6 attacker sentenced to 10 years for fatal drunk-driving crash

A group of people push against a barricade outside, a row of police officers in neon jackets standing on the other side
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP

One of the US Capitol attackers pardoned by Donald Trump at the start of his second presidency has been handed a 10-year prison sentence for killing a woman in a drunk-driving crash, according to authorities.

Emily Hernandez served 30 days in federal prison after she joined the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and was photographed holding the broken nameplate of Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker at the time.

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