A Texas Trump supporter on Monday pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with a deadly weapon during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after he was filmed spraying the officers with chemicals.
Daniel Ray Caldwell, 51, of The Colony, Texas, described to the FBI by witnesses as “a “huge white supremacist” and a “complete wacko”, entered a guilty plea that recommends a sentencing range of 63 to 78 months in prison, plus fines, under federal sentencing guidelines.
But He could face an even lengthier sentence when he stands before a federal judge for sentencing on February 1, 2023.
Video shows Caldwell pepper-spraying officers who were trying to hold back the mob that day on the Capitol steps. Caldwell said officers sprayed him with chemicals and that in response, he had sprayed “around 15 of them.”
You can read the prosecutor’s statement of facts here.
