Prosecutors say Cooke 'helped lead the charge of rioters who broke through the police line guarding the east side of the Capitol building during the electoral vote certification' and 'later bragged he was one of the first to break through the barricade.'
Nolan Cooke, a 24-year-old from Sherman, Texas, was sentenced by Judge Royce C. Lamberth after pleading guilty in March to a felony charge of civil disorder. Prosecutors
Cooke"helped lead the charge of rioters who broke through the police line guarding the east side of the Capitol building during the electoral vote certification" and"later bragged that he was one of the first to break through the barricade."Video evidence presented in court and released to journalists at the request of NBC News shows Cooke repeatedly clashing with police officers who were overwhelmed by the mob.
“We’re coming through, we’re coming through!” Cooke yells in the video. “This is our house. This is our f-----g house, man,” he adds, before telling officers to “join” the mob.U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaCooke later says he’s part of a “revolution” and yells “We’re taking this motherf----r!”“Bust the windows. We’re the front lines. Front lines,” Cooke also says. “Break the glass!”U.S.
Cooke's sentencing capped a busy week in the Jan. 6 investigation. The House committee probing the riot released