WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 6: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
  • Joshua James, 34, of Arab, Ala. pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy in connection with the Capitol breach. James is the regional leader in charge of the Alabama chapter of the Oath Keepers.
  • According to court documents, on Jan. 6 James traveled to the Capitol on a golf cart, unlawfully entered the Capitol, and assaulted a Metropolitan Police Department officer by grabbing the officer’s vest and pulling him toward the mob.
  • James faces up to 20 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and up to 20 years for obstruction of an official proceeding, along with potential financial penalties.
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