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Carola Guerrero De León

Texas Man Sentenced for Assaulting Officer in Jan. 6 Riot: Could Trump Cut His Time Short?

Image of rioter physically assaulting an officer by elbowing him in the chest at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (Credit: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.)

A Texas man was sentenced on Thursday for assaulting law enforcement during the January 6 Capitol riot following a Donald Trump rally in which Trump refused to accept Joe Biden's 2020 victory. However, it is unclear if the rioter will complete his sentence, as Trump has vowed to pardon some of the imprisoned participants on day one of his second term.

Dustin Ray Williams, 33, was sentenced to 22 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. Williams previously pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers in July, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release.

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