Robert Gieswein is an American man from Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado, United States. He was affiliated with the radical militia group Three Percenters.
Gieswein was a leading member of a private paramilitary training group called the Woodland Wild Dogs. Here are 13 more things about him:
Aside from Woodland Park, he has lived in other parts of Colorado including Cripple Creek and Florissant.
In March 2018, he partially organized and led a Second Amendment Rights march in Woodland Park where he was seen carrying an assault rifle.
In November 2018, he took to Facebook to post photos of himself flashing a Three Percenters sign outside of Shooters Grill in Colorado. Lauren Boebert owns the bar.
On January 5, 2021, he was injured during a clash between supporters of Donald Trump and protesters and police officers at a plaza in Washington, D.C., USA.
Wearing a camouflage shirt underneath a reinforced military-style vest, an army-style helmet marked with orange tapes and patches and a lack camouflage patterned backpack, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. That day, Trump’s supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. During the riot, he assaulted and intimidated U.S. Capitol Police officers with a spray canister, a temporary barrier and a baseball bat.
On January 16, 2021, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui signed a criminal complained filed by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent against him.
On January 18, 2021, he was arrested in Divide, Teller County and booked into Teller County Jail in Divide.
On January 19, 2021, he was transported to a federal holding facility in Denver, Colorado.
On January 22, 2021, Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak ordered him to remain locked up while his case moves through the justice system.
On March 29, 2021, he made his initial appearance in court.
On April 15, 2021, he pleaded not guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding; assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon; destruction of government property; and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
On March 6, 2023, he pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden to two counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.
He was 26 years old when he was sentenced on June 23, 2023 to 4 years in prison. McFadden also ordered 36 months of supervised release and restitution of $2,000 to the architect of the U.S. Capitol.
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If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.
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