A jury found Capitol rioter Dustin Thompson guilty of felony obstruction of Congress and five other charges on Thursday.
"The insurgency, and it was in effect that, is very troubling," Walton reportedly said."I think our democracy is in trouble because unfortunately we have charlatans, like the former president, in my view, who don't care about democracy and only care about power."
Before violence erupted at the Capitol, Trump told his supporters at a nearby rally to"fight like hell" or they wouldn't have a country anymore, adding"you'll never take back our country with weakness, you have to show strength and you have to be strong."for their participation in the riot.
"Besides being ordered by the president to go to the Capitol, I don't know what I was thinking," Thompson said."I was caught up in the moment." Thompson's defense lawyer, Samuel H. Shamansky, argued during the trial that Thompson had been"so influenced—so used and abused" that he could not be held accountable for his actions,
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