Federal authorities want to send a 61-year-old Hoffman Estates man to prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the capitol, arguing he was at the “front of the mob.”
Tyng Jing Yang is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning after he pleaded guilty to a felony civil disorder charge.
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Federal prosecutors are asking the judge in the case to imprison Yang for 11 months, according to a new sentencing memorandum filed in the case and obtained by the ABC 7 I-Team.
In the middle of the Jan. 6 mayhem, federal law enforcement officials say Yang obstructed Capitol police and stood his ground against an advancing line of riot officers.
“When police officers formed a line to expel the rioters from the Rotunda, Yang refused to move back or to leave, and instead, obstructed the officers,” the sentencing memorandum reads.
The ABC7 I-Team previously reported
that Yang was charged on Nov. 15, 2022, with five counts, including a felony civil disorder charge.