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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.

He will also serve 28 days of intermittent confinement, which means that he can spend his time in prison on nights or weekends, and he'll serve 90 days of home detention and pay $500 in restitution for disorderly conduct at the Capitol.