Prison Sentence Handed to Student Who Sat in Pence’s Seat on Jan. 6

A high school student who sat in former Vice President Mike Pence’s chair during the Capitol incident was on Wednesday sentenced to one year behind bars.

This image from U.S. Senate video, introduced at the trial of Bruno Joseph Cua, shows Mr. Cua sitting with his feet up in the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. Senate Television via AP

One of the youngest people ever to be charged in a Jan. 6 case, a then-high school student who sat in former Vice President Mike Pence’s chair during the Capitol incident, was on Wednesday sentenced to one year behind bars.

Judge Randolph D. Moss issued the sentencing decision on July 26 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, according to court documents.