A New Jersey gym owner and a Washington state man have become the first people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to plead guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer during the deadly siege.
The pair of plea deals with federal prosecutors could be a benchmark for dozens of other cases. An attorney for former mixed martial arts fighter Scott Fairlamb says prosecutors are seeking a sentencing guideline range of about 3 1/2 to 4 1/4 years in prison.
Later on Friday, the same judge in Washington, D.C., ordered Devlyn Thompson to be jailed in Seattle after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer with a baton.