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The “very first rioter” to breach the US Capitol in January 2021 has been sentenced to 53 months in prison for civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Michael Sparks, 47, was “the very first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021,” prosecutors said citing evidence. US District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Sparks to 53 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 on a felony offense of civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses, including entering a restricted building and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restri…

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