A Maine man who joined the Capitol riots was found guilty on Tuesday of 11 crimes, including assaulting, obstructing, or resisting law enforcement.

On January 6, 2021, Lebanon resident Kyle Fitzsimons, 39, charged the front lines and assaulted police, including three from the Metropolitan and Capitol Police Departments who gave evidence against him. Prosecutors claimed that he also twice stormed the line while violently pumping his fists.

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Fitzsimons was charged with the most serious offences for attempting to halt or postpone the electoral vote tally. He was seen that day in a widely circulated photo with a bleeding face.

According to testimony from one of the officers, Fitzsimons pulled down his gas mask to allow other rioters to spray him with chemical weapons. A second officer reported being struck by a bow that Fitzsimons, who the prosecution claims were from Maine, allegedly threw at the officers. According to a third witness, Fitzsimons yanked his shield away, injuring his shoulder and requiring surgery.

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Fitzsimons, according to the defence, travelled to Washington to support a lawful and constitutional procedure in which elected members of Congress had the option of voting against certifying the presidential vote.

At a later time, Fitzsimons will be sentenced. According to the prosecution, the maximum sentence for the seven felony offences is 91 years in jail.

Earlier, a suspected Nazi sympathiser and former US Army reservist has been given a four-year prison term for his involvement in the Capitol riots last year.

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Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 32, was a Navy contractor who participated in the January 2021 storming of Congress and had a government security clearance.

In May, a jury found him guilty on five charges, including one for obstructing an official investigation.

Over 900 persons have been accused of taking part in the attack.

Hale-Cusanelli, the seventh riot defendant to be on trial, is one of a select group of suspects who was serving in the military as they were raiding Congress to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.