GOP Crime Blotter
A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday found a Minneapolis man guilty of assaulting police and other crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors said Brian Christopher Mock, 44, could be seen on video outside the Capitol on that day shoving two police officers to the ground and kicking one of them.
Mock waived his right to a jury trial, and opted instead to have Judge James Boasberg decide the case. The judge convicted Mock on all 11 counts, which also include felony obstruction of an official proceeding.
Mock was among a dozen Minnesotans charged in connection with former President Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election by attempting to stop the counting of electoral votes.