Police use tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty ImagesPolice use tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images
Capitol Mob May Say Trump Made Them Do It. But That Hasnât Always Worked as a Defense.
A Kansas man who plotted to blow up Somalis argued that he was swayed by the presidentâs anti-immigrant rhetoric. He got 30 years.