Jason Benjamin Blythe

Jason Benjamin Blythe, of Fort Worth, Texas, was among the first rioters to breach a police barrier at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, joining four co-defendants in lifting a linked metal bike-rack barricade off the ground and driving it into a line of U.S. Capitol Police officers at the start of the riot. He brought a helmet to the event, though his attorney noted he did not bring weapons. He pleaded not guilty and was convicted following a bench trial on Feb. 2, 2024 of civil disorder, assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon causing bodily injury, and a related act of physical violence; an obstruction charge was later dismissed. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and $2,000 in restitution.