From the Justice Department:
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
Mikhail Edward Slye, 32, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, 18 months supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 of restitution. Slye pleaded guilty in January 2023 to one charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers.
According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Slye joined the mob storming the U.S. Capitol and entered the building through a broken window near the Senate wing door while wearing a baseball helmet with a facemask. Slye exited the building a short time later but then reentered within minutes and traveled to the Crypt area of the Capitol and remained inside for 30 minutes.
After exiting the U.S. Capitol, court records state that Slye went to the north side of the building and observed police using chemical spray to keep a mob away from the north doors. As a group of officers made their way down the steps just outside those doors, Slye grabbed a bicycle rack barricade and waited for the officers to come down the stairs.
As a Capitol Police officer approached his position, court documents state that Slye threw the barricade into the officer’s path, causing at least one officer to trip over it.
The officer suffered physical injuries as a direct result of the fall. After Slye tripped the officer, he berated other officers attempting to reenter the U.S. Capitol building, shouting “traitor,” “this is our country,” “f*** you,” “Nazis,” “f***ing bitches” and spat at the police.
Internet sleuths bestowed the nickname based on footage from the Capitol riot that showed Mikhail Slye using a metal bike rack to trip police. @ryan_knappy https://t.co/upJzIU18pW
— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) June 15, 2023
Mikhail Edward Slye aka #JackTheTripper SENTENCED 30 months in prison after pleading guilty! pic.twitter.com/CZzA49gDpx
— TheRealJ6 (@SeditionHunters) June 15, 2023
I made clip of it. #JackTheTripper from https://t.co/rgzur8NlLl pic.twitter.com/270070rWnr
— Mr_Tim_Thymol (@MThymol) September 30, 2022