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Idaho Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Attack on Police at US Capitol on Jan. 6

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Idaho Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Attack on Police at US Capitol on Jan. 6
Duke E. Wilson, 68, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A 68-year-old Idaho man who shoved a police officer, struck him with a plastic pipe, and then threw it at a line of officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on March 4 to more than four years in federal prison.

Duke E. Wilson tried to block police pepper spray with his iPad, but eventually was hit in the face. (U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)
Duke E. Wilson tried to block police pepper spray with his iPad, but eventually was hit in the face. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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