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QAnon follower who led mob to be sentenced in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

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QAnon follower to be sentenced in Jan. 6 Capitol attack after leading led mob that chased Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman. A follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement who led members of the pro-Trump mob that chased Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol is set to be sentenced Friday following his conviction of multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses for his actions during the riot. Doug Jensen, 43, became one of the more recognizable figures in early pictures that emerged from the Capitol assault and was one of the first rioters to breach the building after scaling a 20-foot wall on the West Front of the complex. In their sentencing memo requesting Judge Timothy Kelly sentence Jensen to more than five years in prison, prosecutors describe Jensen as a "ringleader" during the attack who later expressed pride in becoming a "poster boy" of Jan. 6. Smoke fills the walkway outside the Senate Chamber as suppor...