Iowa native guilty of all counts for storming US Capitol

Dan Hendrickson

2 years ago

FILE - Trump supporters, including Doug Jensen, center, confront U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. A trial is set to open for Jensen, who ran after a police officer retreating up a flight of stairs during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol, a harrowing encounter captured on video. Jensen, who wore a shirt promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory, told the FBI that he wanted to be a "poster boy" for the events that unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Des Moines-native Doug Jensen, one of the most recognizable faces at the front of the crowd that stormed the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021 has been found guilty of all seven charges against him at a trial in Washington, DC. The verdict was returned around 4:45 pm Central on Friday after hours of deliberation, Nexstar’s Raquel Martin reported.

Jensen was caught from multiple angles on video as he led a charge of rioters up the stairs inside the US Capitol. A Capitol Police Officer was able to distract Jensen and lead him and the crowd away from lawmakers who were just feet away behind locked doors.

Jensen admitted that he wanted to be at the front of the crowd so he could show off his ‘QAnon’ t-shirt and give ‘Q’ credit for the attempted-insurrection. Qanon is an absurdist conspiracy that claims elected US officials are secretly ‘lizard people’ who lead a secret child sex cabal housed in a pizzeria in Washington, DC.

Jensen could face decades behind bars following his conviction on seven counts. He will be sentenced at a later date. He remains in federal custody in Washington, D.C.