Militia member sentenced to five years in prison in Jan. 6 case

A militia member was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, during which former President Trump's supporters tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power to President Biden.

Federal prosecutors say Dan Edwin Wilson, a 48-year-old Kentucky resident, planned for weeks to travel to Washington, D.C. and attack the Capitol on Jan. 6 — the day Congress counted and certified the electoral votes cementing Biden’s victory over Trump in the 2020 election.