A Georgia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the anti-government Oath Keepers extremist group has been sentenced to probation and home detention instead of prison. Brian Ulrich's lenient sentence is a reward for helping prosecutors in one of the most consequential cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
WASHINGTON — A Georgia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the anti-government Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to probation and home detention instead of prison — a reward for helping prosecutors in one of the most consequential cases arising from
“It shouldn’t be lost on this country that people were found guilty of seditious conspiracy,” Mehta said. “It is one of the most serious crimes that can be committed by an American.”Man pleads guilty to killing a Georgia couple lured by a false offer to sell a classic carUlrich, whose wife sat in the courtroom gallery, tearfully apologized to his family, the court and “the people of D.C.” before the judge announced his sentence.
Ulrich, 46, of Guyton, Georgia, was arrested in August 2021. He pleaded guilty in April 2022 to two counts: seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding, the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.for orchestrating a plot to keep Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election. Juries convicted Rhodes and several other extremist group leaders and members of seditious conspiracy charges.
Ulrich participated in encrypted chats by members who discussed using force to oppose the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Trump, a Republican, to Biden, a Democrat, after the 2020 election. At trial, Oath Keepers leaders maintained that they never had a plan to attack the Capitol. But prosecutors said Rhodes and his followers seized their opportunity to disrupt the congressional certification of the Electoral College vote and sprang into action when the mob began storming the building.
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