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J6 Defendant Mark Aungst Who Pled Guilty to “Parading in US Capitol”
Commits Suicide Before Sentencing
By Kristinn Taylor
Published July 22, 2022 at 9:25pm
January 6 defendant Mark Aungst of Williamsport, Pennsylvania committed suicide this
week according to the local coroner. Aungst pleaded guilty last month to parading in the
Capitol and was facing up to six months in prison and a $5000 fine.
News of Aungst’s death was reported by PennLive (excerpt)
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Mark Aungst, circled, FBI handout.
A Lycoming County man awaiting sentencing for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol
on Jan. 6, 2021, has died.
The death Wednesday of Mark R. Aungst, 47, of South Williamsport, was ruled a
suicide, Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. said.
Aungst pleaded guilty June 27 in District of Columbia federal court to a charge of
demonstrating or parading in a restricted building. His sentencing was scheduled
for Sept. 27 before Judge Reggie B. Walton. He could have been sentenced up to
six months in prison and fined $5,000.
Aungst and co-defendant Tammy A. Bronsburg, who pleaded guilty to the same
charge, traveled by bus to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 for President Trump’s
“stop the steal” rally. They then joined others and marched to the Capitol.
…Neither assaulted a police officer nor stole or damaged government property,
the prosecutor had said at a previous court proceeding.
HuffPost reported on Aungst’s arrest in February (excerpt):
A witness who used Facebook to organize a bus trip in support of former
President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election
gave up the names of two passengers after they delayed the group’s return
to Pennsylvania and one bragged about illegally entering the U.S. Capitol.
Mark Roderick Aungst and Tammy Bronsburg (aka Tammy Butry) are charged
with entering a restricted building without lawful authority with intent to impede
the orderly conduct of government business and engaging in disorderly or
disruptive conduct during a session of Congress.
Excerpt from the Statement of Offense agreed to in Aungst’s plea agreement
with the Justice Department.
8. Mark Aungst and Tammy Bronsburg, also known as
Tammy Butry, (the“Defendants”) knew that Congress was
convening at the United States Capitol on January 6,
2021, to certify the vote count of the Electoral College of the
2020 Presidential Election. Both Defendants traveled by bus
to Washington, D.C. to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6.
The bus trip was organized on Facebook by another individual
for about 50 people to travel from Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C.
9. After attending the “Stop the Steal” rally and listening
to speeches on January 6, 2021, both Defendants Aungst and
Bronsburg decided to join a mass of individuals who marched
toward the U.S. Capitol Building.
10. Outside of the U.S. Capitol Building, the Defendants
saw and heard individuals shouting and encouraging the group
to advance forward. After the doors to the U.S. Capitol
Building were breached, the Defendants also entered the
U.S. Capitol Building without permission at approximately
2:46 pm, through the Senate Fire Door by the Parliamentarian’s
Office. They left about ½ minute later
11. They re-entered at approximately 3:05 pm through
the Senate Wing Door.
12. While inside the U.S. Capitol Building, the Defendants
took photos and videos on their cell phones documenting their
time inside as they walked through the Capitol and into Senate
room S 145.
13. While inside the U.S. Capitol Building, the Defendants
encountered members of law enforcement. Law enforcement
instructed the defendants to leave the building.
14. After leaving the United States Capitol Building through
the Senate Wing Door around 3:14 pm, Defendants Aungst and
Bronsburg returned to the bus to travel back to Pennsylvania.
While on the bus, both Defendants bragged to other passengers
that they had been inside the United States Capitol.
15. While on the bus, Aungst showed other passengers
photos that he had taken while he and Bronsburg were inside
the Capitol Building.
16. Bronsburg posted on Facebook a video that she had
taken while inside the Capitol Building.
17. Defendants Aungst and Bronsburg knew at the time
they entered the U.S. Capitol Building that that they did not
have permission to enter the building and the defendants paraded,
demonstrated, or picketed.