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Roberto Antonio Minuta is an American tattoo artist and a member of the Oath Keepers, who in 2023 was found guilty of seditious conspiracy after forcing his way into the United States Capitol building during the January 6 United States Capitol attack in 2021.
Minuta organized a 2021 rally and defied New York State COVID-19 public health regulations. On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump commuted his sentence to "time served".
In 2020, Minuta opened his tattoo shop, deliberately breaching COVID-19 public health rules. On May 30, 2020, he organized a rally to protest against the rules.
Minuta was arrested on March 8, 2021. In January 2023, he was tried with co-defendants Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel and Edward Vallejo, each of whom were charged with seditious conspiracy. On January 23, 2023, he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, and conspiracy to prevent a member of Congress from discharging their official duties. He was found not guilty of tampering with documents or proceedings. On June 1, US District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Minuta to 54 months.
On January 20, 2025, the first day of the second presidency of Donald Trump, Minuta's sentence was commuted to time served.
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