capitol riot

The bill creating an annual day of remembrance on the anniversary of the 2021 riots comes as President Donald Trump attempts to rewrites the history of the attacks.

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.