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An 81-year-old Army veteran was sentenced to three years of probation on Tuesday for illegally breaching the US Capitol on January 6.
Gary Wickersham, one of the oldest of more than 700 people facing charges related to the Capitol riot, will also have to pay a $2,000 fine and $500 for damage done to the building.
“Mr. Wickersham, I appreciate what you’ve done here. I think you have led the way for others to recognize that the jig is up,” said federal district Judge Royce Lamberth, 78, who noted that Wickersham is “the first defendant I’ve had that’s older than me in quite some time.”
“There are a lot of people out there that think some magic is going to happen when they go to trial,” Lamberth added. “But when you see these tapes, I don’t know what they are going to try. I wish you didn’t stay there as long as you did, but when you saw what was going on, you left and that’s why I’m doing what I’m doing.”
Lamberth also sentenced Wickersham to 90 days home detention. Wickersham’s lawyer…
