Texan pleads guilty Capitol breach role holding beer can

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man has pleaded guilty to picketing in the U.S. Capitol while holding a beer can. Thomas Paul Conover entered his plea in a Friday videoconference with a Washington, D.C., judge after reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. The charge carries a punishment of up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000. He also agrees to pay $500 in restitution toward damage to the Capitol in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. If the 53-year-old Keller man cooperates with other prosecutions, prosecutors will seek dismissal of his indictment’s disorderly conduct and trespassing counts.