Prosecutors push for longest sentence for Jan. 6 rioter who trapped officer in Capitol doorway.

Prosecutors are seeking a nearly 16-year prison sentence for Patrick McCaughey, a Jan. 6 defendant who pinned a police officer in a Capitol doorway amid some of the most chaotic moments of violence that day. The Justice Department called for the sentence to reflect what it called McCaughey’s “heinous” conduct, some of the most egregious of any Jan. 6 defendant. McCaughey’s restraint of D.C. Police Officer Daniel Hodges in a Capitol doorway is one of the most recognizable and horrifying images of the violence that day.