capitol riot

During the debate in the Maine House, one Republican lawmaker who was there in D.C. that day even suggested that police officers or other actors — not Trump supporters — incited the violence that day.

Four of the state's Republican county committees will hold an event in Topsham on Saturday featuring a Maine resident pardoned by President Donald Trump for participating in the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

Eleven of the 15 have already been convicted while the rest await trial. The president's clemency includes 1,500 alleged or convicted rioters, drawing a mixed reaction from Maine's congressional delegation.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, 45-year-old Christopher Maurer was sentenced to 50 months in prison after pleading guilty this summer to a felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon during the January 6 U.S. Capitol breach.

The U.S. Department of Justice said 45-year-old Christopher Maurer was among a crowd of rioters who gathered in an area known as the Tunnel.

40-year-old Matthew Brackley has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release, he must also pay $3,000 in fines.

Michael Gerard Fournier has been charged with knowingly entering a restricted building, demonstrating in the Capitol, and two counts of disorderly conduct.

Another Mainer has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 breach on the U.S. Capitol.

Matthew Brackley, 39, was arrested Friday on eight felony and misdemeanor charges.

The 87-month prison sentence is less than half of what federal prosecutors had suggested for Kyle Fitzsimons of Lebanon, who was convicted on 11 charges back in September.