"U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said videos captured Taylor James Johnatakis playing a leadership role during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Johnatakis led other rioters on a charge against a police line, "barked commands" over his megaphone and shouted step-by-step directions for overpowering officers, the judge said.

"In any angry mob, there are leaders and there are followers. Mr. Johnatakis was a leader. He knew what he was doing that day," the judge said before sentencing him to seven years and three months behind bars.

"Johnatakis was not just any rioter; he led, organized, and encouraged the assault of officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6," prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

A jury convicted him of felony charges after a trial last year in Washington, D.C.

Johnatakis, 40, of Kingston, Washington, had a megaphone strapped to his back when he marched to the Capitol from then-President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally near the White House on Jan. 6.

"It's over," he shouted at the crowd of Trump supporters. "Michael Pence has voted against the president. We are down to the nuclear option."

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Aha, yet another Trump VP candidate!