The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced Kevin Seefried and his son Hunter Seefried were found guilty “of felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.”

Both were “found guilty of the felony offense of obstruction of an official proceeding” and four misdemeanors, “including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a Capitol Building; disorderly conduct in a Capitol Building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building.” However, Hunter Seefried was acquitted on three charges.

This verdict was handed down following a trial before US District Judge Trevor N. McFadden in the District of Columbia.

Both of the Seefrieds, according to the US Government’s evidence, attended a rally on January 6, 2021, “and then headed to the US Capitol.” Both individuals “illegally entered the Capitol grounds and joined a crowd of rioters heading up the steps of the building.” Hunter Seefried assisted in the removal of glass from a Capitol window to clear the way for rioters to enter. The Seefrieds were some of the first individuals to enter the building. Photographs showed Kevin Seefried holding a Confederate flag inside the Capitol. While inside, “both defendants were part of a larger group of individuals who chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman and verbally confronted several U.S. Capitol Police officers near the entrance to the Senate Chambers.”

Following the Capitol breach, the Seefrieds were arrested in Delaware on Janaury 14, 2021. Kevin Seefried’s sentencing is scheduled for September 16, 2022. Hunter Seefried’s sentencing is scheduled for September 23, 2022.

Since the US Capitol breach January 2021, “more than 840 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including over 250 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.” The investigation into the US Capitol breach is still ongoing.