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Ryan Samsel at the Peace Circle on Jan. 6 (images via FBI court filing)

Ryan Samsel (via FBI court filing).

The Pennsylvania Proud Boys member widely seen as the tip of the spear that first broke through a police barrier at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been convicted of felonies and misdemeanors in connection with the riot but acquitted of trespassing charges.

In a mixed verdict handed down Friday, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb convicted Ryan Samsel and co-defendants James Grant, Paul Johnson, Steven Randolph, and Jason Blythe of civil disorder and assault on police with a dangerous weapon, both felonies, as well as an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, a misdemeanor, Washington, D.C., CBS affiliate WUSA reported. Samsel, Grant, and Johnson were additionally convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, a 20-year felony, and misdemeanor disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds.

Only Samsel was convicted of additional counts of civil disorder and assaulting police, both with and without a dangerous weapon.

As Law&Crime previously reported, Samsel was accused of facing off against police officers over barriers at the Peace Circle on Jan. 6. During that confrontation, Officer Caroline Edwards was thrown to the ground, hitting her head on a concrete step and suffering a concussion.

That confrontation preceded “hours and hours of hand-to-hand combat,” Edwards said in her June 9 testimony before the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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