Jury that they don t have to choose between trump and thompson s guilty. we re back with betsy and neal. this feels significant in that part of the defense was that basically this is the defense attorney saying, actually i ll read it. he was fed a diet of bs. it s basically like saying a zombie army fed a diet of bs and can t be held accountable. a jury saying, i don t think so. yeah. it s quite significant. dustin thompson convicted on all six counts by a jury. it has a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. even more significant is reggie walton, the respected judge who was presiding over the case after sentencing said the following.
Learn more at viking.com. some more breaking news. this from a few moments ago. guilty verdict in the case of capitol rioter dustin thompson, the third to face a jury and found guilty. the jury did not buy the attorney s attempts to convince him that thompson was following presidential orders that people like thompson believed the lies and that trump authorized the attack. a trump supporter of ohio he said he wore a bullet-proof vest. also didn t deny the charges to face including on strurks and theft of government property, a plag pole and a bottle of bower son stolen from the capitol. prosecutors for doj pushed back on the arguments reminding the