Two Men Convicted of Assault on Law Enforcement, Obstruction, and Other Charges Stemming From the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A Montana man and a Pennsylvania man were found guilty of all charges against them related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Isaac Steve Sturgeon, 34, of Dillon, Montana, and Craig Michael Bingert, 31, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, were found guilty on May 24, 2023, following a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who scheduled sentencing hearings for August 25, 2023, for both defendants.

Sturgeon and Bingert were each convicted of seven charges: obstruction of an official proceeding; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; civil disorder, all felonies; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and engaging in an act of physical violence in the grounds or any of the Capitol buildings.

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