WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of Presid PHILADELPHIA - Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to using a flagpole to strike a police officer several times during the Jan.
6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. According to a Department of Justice press released, 71-year-old Howard C. Richardson entered the restricted area of the U.S.
Capitol by pushing past metal barriers and police officers that were attempting to keep the crowd away. Richardson, a Montgomery County resident, was carrying a flagpole that he used to strike a Metropolitan Police Department officer three times, according to court documents.