After four years and seven months, Chris O’Neill, who was present during the protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has returned to the United States.
At a “Welcome Home” event hosted by the Delaware Conservative Caucus on Dec. 4, he said the gathering of citizens on January 6 showed that “democracy is still alive in America.”
In the wake of the events of Jan. 6, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged O’Neill with eight offenses, which could have meant 29 1/2 years in prison and $815,000 in fines, according to a letter he sent President Donald Trump. The most serious of these charges was an “attack on a police officer with a dangerous weapon.”…