Former Republican legislative candidate pleads guilty to January 6 role
by Guardian staff and agency from on (#6HZTA)
Matthew Brackley, who previously tried to unseat Maine's Democratic senate majority leader, pleads guilty to assaulting officers
A former Republican legislative candidate has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers during the insurrection by extremist supporters of Donald Trump at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in the final days of his one-term presidency.
Officials said that Matthew Brackley, 40, of Waldoboro, Maine, traveled to Washington DC, Trump's Stop the Steal rally on January 6, prior to him encouraging the crowd to go to the Capitol.
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