Ex-cop gets seven years in US Capitol case

By Michael Kunzelman
Updated August 12 2022 - 7:53am, first published 7:51am
Former police officer Thomas Robertson has been jailed for his part in 2021's US Capitol riots. (AP PHOTO)
Former police officer Thomas Robertson has been jailed for his part in 2021's US Capitol riots. (AP PHOTO)

An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, with a fellow officer has been sentenced to more than seven years behind bars, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.

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