Appeals Court Nixes Former Police Sergeant’s 7-Year Jan. 6 Prison Sentence

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered new sentencing for Thomas Robertson because his original sentence violated a 2024 ruling.

Former police sergeant Thomas Robertson of Ferrum, Va., appears in a Metropolitan Police Department officer's bodycam on the West Plaza of the U.S. Capitol, on Jan. 6, 2021. Metropolitan Police Department/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A federal appeals court has tossed out the more than seven-year prison sentence of a former Virginia police officer on six Jan. 6 criminal counts, instructing the U.S. District Court to issue a new sentence that aligns with a recent decision in another Jan. 6 case.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the conviction of Thomas Robertson, 51, of Ferrum, Va., but vacated his 87-month prison sentence.