Prison for Twin Cities man who assaulted officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington

A Twin Cities man has been sentenced to prison for being part of the mob of Donald Trump supporters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and temporarily disrupted Congress as it worked to certify the 2020 presidential election.

Brian C. Mock, 45, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a 2 ¾-year term, after being found guilty in a bench trial in July to 11 charges for assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, which saw supporters of the former president rioting as they denied the validity of his loss to President Joe Biden.

Mock, a landscape company owner and former debt collector who was arrested in Minneapolis in June 2021, had asked for leniency from Judge James Boasberg. "I'm not someone who showed up in tactical gear, with Tasers and bear spray. It's a moment that I got caught up in," he said.

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