Owen Shroyer Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison for Role in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

More than 1,100 defendants have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and more are expected to be charged in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, Owen Shroyer, a longtime host on the conspiracy platform Infowars, was sentenced to 60 days in prison for his role in the attack.

Shroyer had been charged with several misdemeanors for his role in the attack, which led to the deaths of multiple people and left hundreds of police officers injured. He was one of only a handful of Jan. 6 participants charged with a crime despite neither entering the Capitol building nor being accused of committing violence or destruction on Capitol grounds.

Prosecutors charged Shroyer because he had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement after interrupting a congressional hearing in 2019. As part of that agreement, he had agreed not to utter “loud, threatening, or abusive language, or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place upon the United States Capitol Grounds.”

Shroyer’s sentencing comes as the Department of Justice continues to investigate the Jan. 6 attack. More than 1,100 defendants have been charged in connection with the attack, and more are expected to be charged in the coming weeks.

The attack on the Capitol left five people dead and hundreds of police officers injured. It was one of the most serious security breaches of the Capitol in U.S. history. The Department of Justice is continuing to investigate the attack and is expected to bring more charges against those involved in the coming weeks.