In the two years since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from more than half the rioters they have charged, helping lead to a 99.8% conviction rate
, prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from more than half the rioters they have charged, helping lead to a 99.8% conviction rate.
Dustin Thompson tried to beat those odds. The 38-year-old Ohioan pleaded not guilty and took the stand to say he was only answering President Trump’s call that day toafter jurors convicted him on a number of charges, talking to his wife twice a day from a jailhouse iPad.
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