FILE- Retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Sept. 1, 2022. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Thomas Webster’s claims that he was convicted by a biased jury.WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a retired New York Police Department officer’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol.
Jurors rejected Webster’s claim that he was defending himself when he tackled Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun and grabbed his gas mask. TheyWebster drove to Washington from his home near Goshen, New York, to attend then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House on Jan. 6. Webster was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.
“Webster asserts that the District overwhelmingly voted for President Biden and historically votes for Democratic candidates,” the ruling says. “That may be. But the political inclinations of a populace writ large say nothing about an individual’s ability to serve impartially in adjudicating the criminal conduct of an individual.”is one of the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. He was the first Jan.
Over 850 people have been sentenced for Capitol riot convictions. Only 10 of them have received a longer prison sentence than Webster, according to an The panel rejected his argument that the length of his sentence was “substantively unreasonable as compared to other Capitol riot defendants.
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