The brother of a man who is serving jail time for participating in the Capitol riot has been jailed over gun charges.

Samuel Doolin, 28, of Lakeland, Florida, was sentenced in Polk County Circuit Court on December 19 to one year in jail after he pleaded no contest to two counts of possession of a machine gun and one count of possession of a short-barreled rifle, according to court records seen by The Ledger.

He was initially arrested in December 2022 when a state trooper pulled him over for driving a car without a proper tag and then noticed a handgun on his seat. Doolin and his passenger, Tiffany Beam, who police said in a press conference was his girlfriend, refused orders to leave the vehicle.

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies, who had arrived at the scene to assist, broke the vehicle's back window and hit Doolin with a taser. The deputies then found multiple guns inside the vehicle.

Samuel Doolin's sentence gives credit for roughly six months of time served. When he is released, he will face another 19 years of probation, meaning he will be forbidden from possessing weapons or ammunition, and he may be subject to law enforcement searches without a warrant.

Newsweek reached out to Samuel Doolin via social media for comment.

His younger brother, Joshua Doolin, 25, is serving an 18-month prison sentence for his conviction on charges related to January 6, 2021, when former president Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Joshua Doolin was convicted of civil disorder and three other counts in March and sentenced in August for stealing a riot shield and using it to push against officers during the riot.

At the time of sentencing, Doolin's attorney, Allen Orenberg, said he planned to appeal his conviction.

Almost two years on, the ramifications of the riot continue to permeate the U.S. political landscape. Trump is facing a federal indictment over allegations of interfering with the 2020 election results, stemming from his behavior during the riot. He has pleaded not guilty to all four counts of the criminal indictment.

The former president has now been barred from the Republican primary ballot in Maine and Colorado after it was ruled that he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution due to his actions on January 6. The section prohibits those who have engaged in insurrection from holding public office.

So far, 1,201 people have been charged in relation to the Capitol riot, with 719 pleading guilty. Of those charged, 119 have been convicted of all charges, three have been acquitted, and 64 of 728 sentenced have served some sort of prison time. Eight cases have been dismissed.

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