ATLANTA – An Americus lawyer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
William McCall Calhoun Jr., 60, was charged in March in a trial in a court on a number of major and minor charges for causing trouble at the Capitol.
According to the government’s evidence, Calhoun posted on several social media sites about his actions during the march on the Capitol. Before Jan. 6, he also posted about the importance of being in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, the date Congress was planning to hold the Electoral College vote declaring Democrat Joe Biden’s win in November 2020 over then President Donald Trump.
South Georgia lawyer sentenced in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
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Evidence shows Calhoun attended the “Stop the Steal” rally of Trump supporters at the Ellipse, then made his way to the Capitol building. After entering through a broken door, he walked through the Capitol with a group of people who hit doors and walls as they passed members’ offices. Calhoun even made it to the outside of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
Calhoun was arrested Jan. 15, 2021, in Macon.
Calhoun was arrested Jan. 15, 2021, in Macon.
In addition to the prison sentence, he was ordered to serve 24 months of supervised release and pay $2,000.
The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Middle Georgia and the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office.
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