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Feds get first plea deal for Capitol rioter in exchange for his cooperation A Capitol Hill rioter accepted a plea deal and will plead guilty in exchange for cooperation with the government, Politico reports. Jon Schaffer, a famous heavy metal guitarist for Iced Earth and self-described “lifetime member” of the Oath Keepers, will become the first Capitol rioter to plead guilty to charges based on his participation in the attack and is expected to enter into a cooperation agreement with the ...

An alleged member of the Oath Keepers militia group who was "among the first five or six" rioters to enter the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6 is the first person to agree to take a plea deal, Fox News has learned.

April 16, 2021 First public plea deal struck by Capitol rioter, who agrees to cooperate and to reported guideline range of 41 to 51 months in prison As reported in this Fox News piece, headlined "Capitol rioter takes first public plea deal, agrees to cooperate with authorities: sources," the first big plea in the Capitol riot cases has been announce by the Justice Department. Here are the basics with a few points highlighted: An alleged member of the Oath Keepers militia group who was "among th...

Report: Columbus man expected to plead guilty for role in Capitol riot Jon Schaffers is the first guilty plea won by the federal government in the Jan. 6 uprising. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 12:46 PM EDT April 16, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus man who is a longtime member of the Oath Keepers is expected to admit to his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Jon Schaffer is expected to plead guilty Friday to unlawfully entering Congress and obstructing an offi...

Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images More than one defendant in Januarys Capitol riots has turned on the Proud Boys.  Several, including Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, have already flipped. Court records indicate that several plea deals with cooperators may be in the works. The brotherhood of the Proud Boys is falling apart, as more than one of the Capitol riot defendants has turned on the groups leadership.  According to a CNN report, prosecutors have struck ...

Boehner blames Trump for ‘that bloody insurrection’ in upcoming memoir Boehner blasts Trump in new memoir By CNN Staff | April 8, 2021 at 11:26 AM MST - Updated April 8 at 11:26 AM (CNN) – Former House Speaker John Boehner is unleashing on former President Donald Trump in his new memoir. He writes that the former president from his own party “incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, perpetuated by the b------- he’d been shoveling since...

Indiana guitarist Jon Schaffer charged in Capitol riot reportedly in plea negotiations Sarah Nelson, Indianapolis Star UP NEXT The Justice Department is reportedly in “advanced plea negotiations” with a heavy metal Hoosier guitarist accused of unleashing pepper spray on police during January’s Capitol riot.  Jon Schaffer, the Central Indiana man and member of Iced Earth, faces six federal charges in the insurrection that saw thousands of former President Donald Trump sup...

Oath Keeper in advanced negotiations for plea deal, DOJ says in filing The filing by the Justice Department and attorneys for Jon Schaffer indicate the heavy metal guitarist may be interested in cooperating to avoid an indictment. Author: Jordan Fischer, Eric Flack, Stephanie Wilson Published: 9:23 PM EDT April 5, 2021 Updated: 9:23 PM EDT April 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says it is in “advanced plea negotiations” with Capit...

April 6, 2021 11:23 a.m. The federal government let slip Monday that it was negotiating a potential plea deal with a famous heavy metal guitarist accused of using bear spray against police on Jan. 6.  The plea negotiations with Jon Schaffer, guitarist and main songwriter for the metal band Iced Earth, are “the first and most advanced plea negotiations involving any of the over 300 Capitol Riot defendants,” prosecutors said in a court filing Monday — one that it appea...

Schaffer has been accused of using bear spray to push past officers guarding the Capitol. The document describing the deal was deleted soon after being published. A heavy metal guitarist arrested in connection to the Capitol riot appears to be cooperating with prosecutors to get a plea deal, according to a Monday court filing.  The filing appears to have been posted publicly in error and was taken down quickly. But before it was, outlets like BuzzFeed News and Politico were able to read it. Th...