Texas Winery Owner Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Actions

Christopher Grider supplied the helmet used in rioting outside the Speaker's Lobby where Ashli Babbitt was shot

Christopher Grider (at right with yellow flag draped in front) just before he hands a riot helmet to Zachary Alam outside the Speaker's Lobby at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Sam Montoya/For The Epoch Times

The man who supplied the helmet used by a rioter to break the windows of the House Speaker’s Lobby entrance at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 83 months in federal prison on May 23.

Christopher Ray Grider, 41, who owns a winery in Eddy, Texas, was also placed by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 36 months of supervised release, fined $812, and ordered to pay $5,055 in restitution.