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Nicole Lopez

Texas man who knocked out officer during Jan 6. Capitol riot learns his sentence

FORT WORTH, Texas — A North Texas man was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison Friday for assaulting law enforcement resulting in bodily injury during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia announced.

“His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election,” the U.S attorney’s office said in a news release.

Donald Hazard, 44, of Hurst, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.

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