Michael Lee Hardin, Salt Lake City, Utah, police department's 2012 Bozo of the Year
One-Time Utah Police ‘Officer of the Year’ Pleads Guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol Siege
21 January 2022
A Utah cop who was once named Salt Lake City’s “Officer of the Year” has pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. Michael Lee Hardin joined the hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who overran police and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden‘s win in the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors say he was spotted at multiple locations inside the Capitol building, including next to a cordoned-off bust of Abraham Lincoln. On Friday, he pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor punishable by up to six ...
One-Time Utah Police 'Officer of the Year' Pleads Guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol Siege
A Utah cop who was once named Salt Lake City's "Officer of the Year" has pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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