North Texas man pleads guilty to assaulting police officers at Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot
A North Texas man pleaded guilty on Friday to assaulting officers at the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced in a news release.
Kyle Douglas McMahan, 42, of Watauga, pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers — a felony. He will learn his sentence on Sept. 10.
According to court documents, McMahan was among a group of rioters who breached a police-line perimeter and surged toward the U.S. Capitol building.
As United States Capitol police were attempting to keep rioters out the building, McMahan pushed an officer, according to the release.
After entering the building, he made his way toward another police line and had other rioters follow him, the court documents say. At the police line, the defendant grabbed an officer’s hand. He stayed at the barrier as a group of rioters attempted to overwhelm the officers guarding an entrance.
When officers formed a line around rioters inside the rotunda of the building, McMahan grabbed an officer’s arm as he was trying to expel another rioter.
McMahan said to the officer, “Don’t [expletive] touch him,” court documents say.
He also pushed an officer as a line of police began ushering rioters out of the building. McMahan then pulled another officer away from rioters as he tried to move further inside the building. When an officer tried to halt McMahan by placing a hand on him, McMahan slapped his hand away, according to the release.
McMahan left the building but stayed outside as police continued to usher out rioters, the release says.
He was arrested on Dec. 6, 2023, in Texas.
In the 41 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,450 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the Jan. 6 events at the Capitol, including more than 500 people charged with assault of an officer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The investigation is ongoing.
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This story was originally published June 28, 2024 at 9:30 PM.
