Capitol rioters hit with severe sentences and sharp reprimands from judges

Some of the longest sentences have gone to rioters charged with assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon'

Judges across the US have been handing down stiff sentences and hard words in recent weeks for extremist supporters of Donald Trump who took part in the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.

Since a federal judge sentenced Jacob Chansley, the US Capitol rioter nicknamed the QAnon shaman" for his horned headdress, to 41 months in prison last month, more US judges have been delivering strict sentences to defendants charged over their roles in the attacks earlier this year.