A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Kyler Joseph Bard, 27, of Seneca, Missouri, pleaded guilty today to multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder.
According to court documents, on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, Bard attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., with other individuals near the Washington Monument. After the rally, Bard returned to his hotel and later made his way to the Upper West Terrace of the Capitol, entering and remaining on the restricted grounds.
Bard took a picture of a rioter holding up and posing with a sign that read “Area Closed By Order of the Capitol Police Board.” Shortly thereafter, another individual near him charged the police line and pushed into the officers. In response to seeing this, Bard yelled into a megaphone, “Move! Move! Move! We gotta push! We gotta push! Let’s go! We gotta go! Let’s go!”
Bard then turned directly toward the police line, and, as he yelled, “Let’s push!” took several steps and shoved a police officer. For approximately 4 seconds, Bard confronted a police officer by physically moving into the officer. Bard then lost his balance and fell backward to the ground.
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta will sentence Bard on Nov. 1, 2024. The FBI arrested Bard on Jan. 17, 2023, in Missouri. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting this case.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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