The Justice Department is recommending 20 years in prison for a man convicted of his role in the Capitol riots

The Justice Department has recommended that a Pennsylvania hairdresser convicted in the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021 face 20 years behind bars.

Ryan Samsel was found guilty in February 2024 on multiple charges, including assault on federal officers, physical violence on Capitol grounds and obstruction of an official proceeding.

According to court documents, the Justice Department recommended a sentence of 240 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 in restitution and a fine.

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The Justice Department has recommended that a Pennsylvania man convicted of multiple charges in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots should spend 20 years in prison. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

“A prison sentence of 240 months reflects the seriousness of Samsel’s conduct and provides sufficient deterrence given Samsel’s continued lack of remorse, active and public rehashing of false narratives, his violent criminal history, and his interest in re-attacking the Capitol,” wrote the DOJ in a memorandum.

According to the DOJ, Samsel was the first rioter to breach the restricted perimeter of the Capitol along with other supporters of now President-elect Donald Trump in an attempt to delay the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory.

He was found guilty of swearing at officers, violently pushing and pulling on metal barricades and assaulting an officer by lifting a metal barricade and striking him in the face with it.

Ryan Samsel, who has faced multiple convictions for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, was the first person to breach the Capitol fencing that day, the DOJ said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Police were subsequently overwhelmed as “the floodgates opened” and “thousands of rioters poured onto the West Front of the U.S. Capitol grounds,” the Justice Department document said.

“Samsel spent the next hour and a half terrorizing police on the Western Front,” the document says. “He attacked police with his flag, grabbed another officer’s shield, tore up scaffolding, flashed officers, grabbed a 2×4 board and hurled it at the police barrier, and threw a pole at another police barrier.”

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Ryan Samsel was found guilty of verbally abusing officers at the Capitol, violently pushing and pulling metal barricades and assaulting an officer by lifting a metal barricade and striking him in the face with it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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“Samsel was proud of his actions that day, taking the time to take a selfie video during the insurrection and announcing with a smile that he had breached the Capitol,” the DOJ wrote. “Samsel remained proud of his actions years later, telling an interviewer on January 6 that his actions were justified because ‘sometimes civil unrest is necessary.’