First Jan. 6 Protester to Enter US Capitol Is Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison

Published on August 28, 2024

A Kentucky man who was the first known person to breach the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, demonstration against the certification of presidential election results has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Michael Sparks, 47, was convicted in March by a federal jury in the District of Columbia on all six charges that he faced, including two felony offenses of obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder. On Aug. 27, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Sparks to 53 months in prison and fined him $2,000. Before hearing his sentencing, Sparks maintained that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against then-President Donald Trump and “completely taken from the American public.”...

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