A former NYPD cop was convicted by a federal jury Monday of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The disgraced ex-lawman, Thomas Webster, had claimed he was trying to protect himself from a “rogue cop” who smacked him in the face as the violent mob descended on the Capitol.Webster, 56, testified that Metropolitan Police Officer Noah Rathbun provoked the fight — an argument the jury rejected after it appeared to be disproved by body-worn camera footage.
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