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California Man Nets 6.5-Year Federal Prison Sentence for Assaulting Police on Jan. 6

Sean Michael McHugh deployed a can of SABRE Frontiersman Bear Attack Deterrent spray from a holster on his belt and used it against police, prosecutors said.
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California Man Nets 6.5-Year Federal Prison Sentence for Assaulting Police on Jan. 6
Sean Michael McHugh of Auburn, Calif., holding a bullhorn, helps push a framed Donald Trump banner into the police line at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Metropolitan Police Department/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A California construction contractor who helped push a giant metal-framed Trump banner into police officers on the west plaza of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison on Sept. 7.

Sean Michael McHugh, 36, of Auburn, Calif., was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $2,000 in restitution to the Architect of the Capitol.
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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