An Ohio pastor has been found guilty of criminal charges in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for his actions in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
William Dunfee, 58, of Frazeysburg, Muskingum County, was found guilty Monday of two felony charges of obstruction of an official proceeding or aiding and abetting a civil disorder, and a misdemeanor charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s ofice in Washington.
Dunfee, who was not charged with entering the Capitol building during the failed attempt by President Trump supports to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 24.
The pastor of the New Beginnings Ministry in Warsaw, Coshocton County, Dunfee was arrested in October 2022 and accused by federal prosecutors of twice pushing a metal barricade against Capitol Police officers and using a bullhorn to rally the crowd, based on video evidence entered into court evidence.
“The election has been stolen right out from underneath our noses and it is time for the American people to rise up. Rise up. Rise up,” Dunfee is accused of saying over a bullhorn. “Today is the day in which it is that these elected officials realize that we are no longer playing games. That we are not sheeple.”
Dunfee later announces over the bullhorn: “We will stand up for our country. We are standing up for our freedoms,” according to video. “We are standing up for our president. And today is the day these elected officials, these senators and these congressmen, understand that we are not going to allow this to continue any longer.”
Not long after his latter proclamation, Dunfee is seen on video twice pushing a metal barricade up against the U.S. Capitol Police officers on two separate occasions, prosecutors said in court records. More videos and images show Dunfee continuing to…
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