Speaker’s Lobby Window-Smasher Zachary Alam Found Guilty on 10 Jan. 6 Criminal Counts

Alam taunted police, smashed out windowpane where Ashli Babbitt was later shot

Zachary Alam works up a crowd of protesters outside the Speaker's Lobby at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Sam Montoya/The Epoch Times

A Virginia man who taunted police inside the U.S. Capitol and smashed out the windowpane near where Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot on Jan. 6, 2021, was found guilty on Sept. 12 of 10 criminal charges at the close of a federal trial in Washington.

Zachary Jordan Alam, 31, of Centreville, Virginia, now faces what could be one of the longest prison terms of any Jan. 6 defendant. A sentencing date hasn’t been set.