DOJ Seeks 11 Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Speaker’s Lobby Rioter Zachary Alam

Mr. Alam smashed windows in the Speaker’s Lobby entrance where Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot and later told protesters leaving the Capitol: ‘We need guns.’

Zachary Jordan Alam incites the crowd outside the Speaker's Lobby at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Sam Montoya/Special to The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice is seeking more than 11 years in prison for Zachary Jordan Alam, the rioter who created “one of the most fraught and dangerous moments” of Jan. 6 just before Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by Capitol Police.

Mr. Alam, 32, of Centreville, Virginia, faces a May 6 sentencing hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich for seven felony and three misdemeanor charges stemming from his time at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.