Karol Chwiesiuk is facing five misdemeanor charges, including disorderly conduct, disrupting government business and entering a restricted building, according to court records.
A Chicago police officer who is charged with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Chicago Police Department sweatshirt is set to stand trial May 1, a judge ruled Tuesday.Karol Chwiesiuk, 30, rejected an offer from federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a single charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, according to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s order. That agreement would have meant a maximum prison sentence of six months.
In another text, Chwiesiuk said he “met j,” which the FBI believes to be a reference to former President Donald Trump, according to court records.
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