FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –

A man who pleaded guilty in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.

Nathan Earl Hughes pleaded guilty to rioting and assault in August.

Court documents alleged that Hughes pushed through a police line and helped rioters push back against police to break into the Capitol. He was also seen “using his elbow to punch in the direction of police.”

Hughes was sentenced to two years and one month in prison.

He was also sentenced to three years of post-prison supervised release and a fine.

Hughes’ lawyers had tried to delay his sentencing after Donald Trump took office.

Trump has said he would pardon the January 6 rioters “if they are innocent.”