A former Trump administration official was sentenced to almost six years in jail on Friday for his position within the January 6 assault on the Capitol in 2021.

Federico Klein, who served as a political appointee on the State Division, was arrested in March 2021 and convicted of a number of felonies and misdemeanors in federal court docket.

He was sentenced to 70 months in jail. Prosecutors had requested for a 10-year jail time period and highlighted messages suggesting that Mr. Klain joined the melee within the Capitol’s decrease west tunnel as a result of he wished to proceed his service to former President Donald Trump, based on NBC Information.

The federal government additionally pointed to proof that he used a stolen riot police protect within the violence, and throughout the combat he instructed officers: “You’ll be able to’t cease this.”

Mr. Klain is amongst greater than 1,000 folks arrested in reference to the assault on the Capitol, through which a pro-Trump mob stormed the constructing as lawmakers in Congress had been attempting to certify President Biden’s election victory.

Former Proud Boys boss Enrique Tarrio acquired the longest sentence after his conviction — 22 years.

Trump complained for weeks in regards to the election outcomes and pressured states to take a second have a look at the votes that Biden received. He additionally criticized the election leads to a speech on the White Home, about two miles from the Capitol, shortly earlier than the riot.

Mr. Trump faces prosecution in Georgia state court docket and federal court docket over his actions that tried to overturn the election outcomes.