Man Who Assaulted Officers on Jan. 6 Sentenced to Over 1 Year in Prison

Joshua Portlock was sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading guilty.

In this file image from a video, Joshua Portlock tries to wrest away a barricade from law enforcement officers in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Department of Justice via The Epoch Times

A Tennessee man who admitted to assaulting law enforcement officers on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on April 17 to more than one year in prison.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, handed down a sentence of 20 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release to Joshua Portlock during a hearing in federal court in Washington.