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6 Jan, 8 tweets, 5 min read
64 Texans were charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and more could be on the way. A year later, here's where things stand.
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➡️houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… Trump supporters try to force their way through a police bar
@kentnish OUTCOMES VARY: Texas is second only to Florida in the number of residents arrested for storming the Capitol. Of the dozens charged, 11 have pleaded guilty. Six have received varying sentences from jail time to probation.
📷 @TheJusticeDept
➡️houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… Austin real estate agent Joseph Barnes, 35, inside the Capit
LONGEST SENTENCE: Troy Smocks, a 59-year-old Dallas man who threatened online to “hunt” down “RINOS, Dems, and Tech Execs” after the insurrection, was sentenced to 14 months in prison.
📷@TheJusticeDept
➡️houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… Troy Smocks, of Dallas, wrote this and other posts on social
'WORST MISTAKE': Former @HoustonPolice officer Tam Pham, who served in uniform for the Houston police for nearly two decades, is among more than 30 defendants sentenced to incarceration, and he may be among the most remorseful. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
🗣️The federal judge in his case noted his admitted parading inside the building was relatively minor but added that, “Without people like you, the collective force of the mob would not have been the same.” houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
SOME DEFIANT: Mark Middleton, a 52-year-old Cooke County Republican precinct chairman who with his wife, Jalise, is accused of grabbing and striking at officers, is now running for a North Texas state House seat.
📷 @TheJusticeDept
➡️houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
THE ACCUSATIONS: The array of charges includes disorderly conduct, obstruction of an official proceeding and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Some face more serious charges, including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
ARRESTS CONTINUE: The most recent arrest, 53-year-old Thomas Paul Conover of Tarrant County, allegedly said in a video: “I don’t always storm the Capitol of the United States of America, but when I do, I prefer Coors Light.” houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

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