Marine Vet With PTSD Given More Than 5 Years in Prison, Fined $200,000 for Jan. 6

Ryan Taylor Nichols, 33, suffered ‘horrific’ pretrial prison conditions that warranted a time-served sentence, defense attorney said.

Marine Corps veteran and Jan. 6 defendant Ryan Nichols during a hurricane rescue mission. Joseph McBride via U.S. District Court

Ryan Taylor Nichols, a Marine Corps veteran and disaster-rescue specialist who argued that post-traumatic stress drove his behavior at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced on May 2 to more than five years in prison and fined $200,000 for assaulting police and obstruction of an official proceeding.

Mr. Nichols, 33, of Longview, Texas, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to serve 63 months behind bars and fined $200,000—the lion’s share of the $237,708 raised on a GiveSendGo page set up for his legal and household expenses.