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Two men plead guilty to assaulting officers during January 6 riot

Washington, May 20 (UNI/Sputnik) California resident Christian Alexander Secor pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and Utah resident Landon Kenneth Copeland pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, the US Justice Department said in a press release.
"On the day of the 2020 election, Nov. 3, 2020, Secor sent a text message stating, 'We’re gonna win bigly and if we don’t, we’re taking this ship down in flames," the release said on Thursday. "In preparation for the events of January 6, he messaged another individual on January 5, 2021, stating that he 'brought a gas mask' to Washington and that he 'Wouldn’t be surprised if conservatives just storm the police and clobber Antifa and the police but that’s wishful thinking.'"
Secor marched to the US Capitol on January 6 and joined a group of protesters who entered the Capitol grounds. However, he climbed the scaffolding to the Upper West Terrace of the building and went into the Capitol through the Senate Wing Door and went from the Crypt, to the House side of the building, and then to the second floor, the release said.
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