William Isaacs of Kissimmee received his sentence last week for his role in the in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, his and the actions of a number of co-defendants, “Disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.”
Isaacs, 23, was sentenced to 60 months of probation, along with a couple from Morrow, Ohio. Connie Meggs, 60, of Dunnellon, Fla., was sentenced to 15 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. In March of 2023, Isaacs was among the group convicted of conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiring to prevent an officer of the United States from discharging a duty and destruction of government property, all felonies.
According to court documents and evidence presented during the trial, on the afternoon of Jan. 6, when it became clear that Congress was going forward with the certification of the 2020 presidential election, the defendants donned paramilitary gear and clothing and marched with other Oath Keeper members and affiliates to the United States Capitol. When the group arrived on the Capitol grounds, Meggs, a leader of the group announced that they were going inside the Capitol to try to stop the vote count. Isaacs was part of a group joined hands on the shoulder with eight other members of their group and moved, in a coordinated and calculated fashion, up the steps of the Capitol in a military “stack” formation.
Isaacs joined rioters who were trying to push their way through a line of Metropolitan Police Department officers guarding a hallway that led to the Senate Chamber. The officers were forced to deploy chemical spray to hold back the mob. Isaacs then retreated with others, regrouped, exited the Capitol, and met up with the other Oath Keepers.
Information from the U.S. Department of Justice was used in this report.
