Jan. 6 rioter who breached police line convicted of assaulting Capitol police officer

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man who led the violent breach of the police line during the Jan. 6 attack was convicted of assaulting a Capitol police officer Friday.

Ryan Samsel, who had been seen with a giant flag portraying Donald Trump as Rambo, and one of the first instigators of the Capitol riot, was convicted of assaulting Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, along with felony accounts of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding.

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