And that was on December 9th, 2019. He disrupted a House Judiciary Committee meeting while they were in session discussing one of the times Trump got impeached. After he refused to come to order, he was removed from the chamber and he was arrested.
And that was on December 9th, 2019. He disrupted a House Judiciary Committee meeting while they were in session discussing one of the times Trump got impeached. After he refused to come to order, he was removed from the chamber and he was arrested.
As a result of that arrest, Owen agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement. This is important to understand. Instead of accepting actual consequences like jail or a fine, Owen made a deal with the government, and he found this agreement preferable to whatever else was an option that was on the table. This agreement involved him agreeing, quote, not to utter loud threatening or abusive language or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct at any place upon the U.S. Capitol grounds or within any of the Capitol buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct within any such building. He also couldn't break any other laws during this deferred prosecution period, and he needed to do 32 hours of community service.
And he did zero.
That's the only reason he got arrested after January 6th. He never went to the building and most likely didn't commit any crimes that day, but he was in direct violation of a plea agreement he signed onto to avoid more serious consequences.
So on June 23rd of this year, Owen pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of entering or remaining in restricted grounds relating to January 6th.
The maximum penalty was one year in jail and a $100,000 fine, which obviously he was never going to get hit with.