A federal appeals court has upheld a retired New York Police Department officer’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol.
FILE- Retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Sept. 1, 2022. A federal appeals court has upheld a retired New York Police Department officers conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Thomas Websters claims that he was convicted by a biased jury.
Webster drove to Washington from his home near Goshen, New York, to attend then-President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House on Jan. 6. Webster was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.The appellate court panel said Webster hadn't shown that the jury pool in Washington was “structurally incapable” of producing fair juries for Capitol riot defendants.
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