Iowa Man Sentenced to 5 Years Over Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

An Iowa man who was among the first people to breach the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to five years in prison in relation to five felony charges related to the breach.
Douglas Jensen, 43, was also given three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
In September, Jensen was found guilty by a Washington, D.C., jury of seven charges, which included five felonies, in relation to the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021—the day lawmakers gathered for a joint session of Congress to count and certify the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
The five felony charges were: assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer; obstruction of an official proceeding; interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon; and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The dangerous weapon being referred to was a knife in Jensen’s pocket….