(220723) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 21, 2022 shows a public hearing held by the U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the United States. A pair of former White House officials appeared in front of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol at a prime-time hearing Thursday night. (Al Drago/Pool via Xinhua) (Photo by Xinhua/Sipa USA)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, helmet and body armor has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison. The sentence imposed Monday is the longest so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. Prosecutors said Guy Reffitt told fellow members of the Texas Three Percenters militia group that he planned to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the Capitol building by her ankles, “with her head hitting every step on the way down,” according to a court filing. Reffitt was the first person to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
