Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, of Columbus, stole a coat rack, a bottle of liquor and a pager from the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
In a letter to the court asking for a lenient sentence, Thompson apologized and blamed the misinformation and conspiracy theory rabbit hole he fell down during the pandemic.
Thompson turned down a plea deal from federal prosecutors asking for at least 60 days in prison, according to Stewart, who replaced Shamansky as Thompson's attorney in May. "If you had had your way, you would’ve torn this country down and made this country a dictatorship," Walton said."You didn't love America that day."Federal prosecutors wrote in court documents that Lyon and Thompson entered the Senate Parliamentarian’s office inside the Capitol, where insurrectionists were looting the office.
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