Enlarge this imageThis still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Logan Stanley Jersey on Jan. 6, 2021. Webster is the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an a sault charge and the first to present a jury with a self-defense argument.APhide captiontoggle captionAPThis still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Webster is the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an a sault charge and the first to present a jury with a self-defense argument.APA federal jury on Monday convicted a New York Police Department veteran of a saulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot, rejecting his claim that he was defending himself when he tackled the officer and grabbed his gas mask. Thomas Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an a sault charge and the first to present a jury with a self-defense argument. Jurors deliberated for le s than three hours before they convicted Webster of all six counts in his indictment, including a charge that he a saulted Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun with a dangerous weapon, a metal flagpole. The a sault charge alone is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, although sentencing guidelines likely will recommend a significantly shorter prison term.Investigations New Videos Underscore The Violence Against Police At The Jan. 6 Capitol Riot A juror said Webster's self-defense claim 'didn't stack up' Webster, 56, testified that he was trying to protect himself from a "rogue Brandon Tanev Jersey cop" who punched him in the face. He also accused Rathbun of instigating the confrontation. Rathbun testified that he didn't punch or pick a fight with Webster as a violent mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting Congre s from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election victory over then-President Donald Trump. Two jurors who spoke to reporters after the verdict said videos capturing the officer's a sault from multiple angles were crucial evidence rebutting Webster's self-defense argument."I gue s we were all surprised that he would even make that defense argument," said a juror who spoke on condition of anonymity. "There was no di sention among us at all. We unanimously agreed that there was no self-defense argument here at all."Politics A second Oath Keeper pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 riot Another juror, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said Webster's self-defense claim "just didn't stack up." Webster's jury trial was the fourth for a Capitol riot case U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta is scheduled to sentence Webster on Sept. 2. Webster's jury trial was the fourth for a Capitol riot case. The first three defendants to get a jury trial also were convicted of all charges in their respective indictments. A judge decided two other cases without a jury, acquitting one of the defendants and partially acquitting the other. Webster, who wore a mask in court, showed no obvious reaction to the verdict. "We're disappointed," defense attorney James Monroe said after the verdict, "but we recognized from the beginning that folks here (in Washington, D.C.) were quite traumatized by what transpired on Jan. 6. And I think we saw some of this expre sed today."Investigations 'Cowboys for Trump' leader is given a mixed verdict in his Jan. 6 Capitol riot trial Prosecutors asked for Webster Jack Roslovic Jersey to be detained, but the judge agreed to let him remain free until his sentencing. He'll continue to be monitored with an ankle bracelet. The judge said it was a "close call" whether to jail him immediately but noted that he has complied with current conditions of release and doesn't have any prior convictions. A body camera video shows that Webster slammed a bike rack at an officerWebster drove alone to Washington from his home near Goshen, New York, on the eve of the Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a U.S. Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he approached the Capitol, after listening to Trump addre s thousands of supporters.Webster said he went to the Capitol to "petition" lawmakers to "relook" at the results of the 2020 presidential election. But he testified that he didn't intend to interfere with Congre s' joint se sion to certify the Electoral College vote.National Security Judge i sues the first outright acquittal of a defendant charged over the Jan. 6 riot Rathbun's body camera captured Webster shouting profanities and insults before they made any physical contact. Webster said he was attending his first political protest as a civilian and expre sing his free speech rights when he yelled at officers behind a row of bike racks. The body camera video shows that Webster slammed one of the bike racks at Rathbun before the officer reached out with an open left hand and struck the right side of Webster's face. Webster said it felt as though he had been hit by a freight train. "It was a hard hit, and all I wanted to do was defend myself," Webster said. Rathbun said he was trying to move Webster back from a security perimeter that he and other officers were struggling to maintain. After Rathbun struck his face, Webster swung a metal flag Connor Hellebuyck Jersey pole at the officer in a downward chopping motion, striking a bike rack. Rathbun grabbed the broken pole from Webster, who charged at the officer, tackled him to the ground and grabbed his gas mask. Rathbun testified that he started choking as the chin strap on his gas mask pre sed against his throat. Webster said he grabbed Rathbun by the gas mask because he wanted the officer to see his hands. Rathbun reported a hand injury from a separate encounter with a rioter inside the Capitol. He didn't report any injuries caused by Webster, but jurors saw photos of leg bruises that Rathbun attributed to his confrontation with the retired officer. Webster faced counts of a saulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a dangerous weapon; civil disorder; entering and remaining in restricted grounds with a dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in restricted grounds with a dangerous weapon; engaging in physical violence in restricted grounds with a dangerous weapon; and engaging in an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds.Investigations In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty Webster retired from the NYPD in 2011 after 20 years of service, which included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg's private security detail. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to Jansen Harkins Jersey 1989 before joining the NYPD in 1991. More than 780 people have been charged with riot-related federal crimes. The Justice Department says more than 245 of them have been charged with a saulting or impeding law enforcement. More than 100 officers were