Texan pleads guilty Capitol breach role holding beer can

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Texan pleads guilty Capitol breach role holding beer can

January 11, 2022

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man has pleaded guilty to picketing in the U.S. Capitol while holding a beer can, according to court records.

Thomas Paul Conover, 53, of Keller, Texas, entered his plea in a Friday videoconference with a Washington, D.C., judge after reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

The charge carries a punishment of up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000. Conover also agreed to pay $500 in restitution toward damage to the Capitol in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The plea agreement document specified about $1.5 million in damage to the Capitol resulted from the riot.

A judge must still adopt the agreement. Conover remained free on his own recognizance pending an April 8 sentencing hearing. If the Keller man cooperates with other prosecutions, prosecutors will seek dismissal of his indictment’s three other disorderly conduct and trespassing counts.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-texas-597e9fbcc1fbf207e8bb133fd33a69c9

[Timewas]

1. Another

Slap on the wrist plea bargain..

[DURHAM D]

2. lol Tinkle beer.

[rsdsharp]

3. Bear Whiz beer.

Bear whiz. It’s in the water. That’s why it’s yellow.

[Kali]

4. coors light is barely (heh) yellow

watered down piss, maybe. bear whiz? not coors light.

[tenderfoot]

5. but it figures he'd be drinking it.

eom

[Progressive Jones]

6. In the center photo, there is a cop who isn't billy clubbing this a-hole silly. Why IS that? nt