Prosecutors said that Thomas Robertson, 49, had wielded a large stick and donned a gas mask during the riot, and that he confronted police officers who were trying to stop the increasingly violent crowd.
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A federal judge sentenced a former police officer on Thursday to more than seven years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, equaling the longest punishment handed down so far in the Justice Department's sprawling investigation into the Capitol riot.
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"Thomas Robertson, despite swearing an oath of office when he became a police officer, joined the violent mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and did so while armed," Matthew M. Graves, the U.S. attorney, said in a statement.
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