DOJ seeks 11 years for man who smashed Speaker’s Lobby door [Video]

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 11 years in prison for a Virginia man who was at the forefront of the mob’s efforts to break into the Speaker’s Lobby at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Zachary Alam, 32, of Centreville, Virginia, was convicted last September of 10 charges, seven of them felonies, for his role in the Capitol riot. The charges include destruction of government property, obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting police with a dangerous weapon.

On Jan. 6, A helped other rioters use bike racks as make-shift ladders to scale the walls on the west side of the Capitol before climbing up himself. He then entered the building through a broken window near the Senate Wing doors roughly four minutes after they were first …