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Oath Keeper enters first guilty plea in Capitol attack inquiry, agrees to help government Erin Mansfield and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY © FBI Indiana resident Jon Schaffer, right, is shown inside the U.S. Capitol Building during the Jan. 6, 2021, rioting, according to the FBI. He is now facing six federal criminal charges. An Indiana man who wore an Oath Keepers Lifetime Member hat in the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and will coop...

By Celine Castronuovo and Harper Neidig - 04/16/21 12:22 PM EDT   A founding member of the right-wing paramilitary group the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, becoming the first such defendant to enter into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jon Ryan Schaffer, who was initially arrested in January after turning himself in to FBI agents, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding and one count of ente...

Associated Press FILE - In this Jan. 6. 2021, file photo, people storm the Capitol in Washington. A blistering internal report by the U.S. Capitol Police describes a multitude of missteps that left the force unprepared for the Jan. 6 insurrection — riot shields that shattered upon impact, expired weapons that couldn’t be used, inadequate training and an intelligence division that had few set standards. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) WASHINGTON (AP) — A heavy metal guitarist on Friday became th...

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump ... more > By Michael Balsamo and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press - Friday, April 16, 2021 WASHINGTON — A heavy metal guitarist...

Credit (Courtesy of Garret VanHoy) Jon Ryan Schaffer, an Indiana man and guitarist in the metal band Iced Earth, has pled guilty to two federal charges in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.  In court filings, U.S. attorneys charged Schaffer with obstruction of a Congressional proceeding and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Schaffer has not yet been sentenced, but faces u...

A heavy metal guitarist who was photographed with the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and is accused of spraying police officers with a pepper-based bear spray irritant entered a plea deal Friday in federal court. 

Founding member of Oath Keepers group strikes plea deal with prosecutors over his role in Capitol riot - and could now flip on fellow far-right protesters Jon Ryan Schaffer, 53, struck a plea deal with prosecutors Friday over the January 6 riot at the US Capitol  He is the first of the 410 people charged in the attack to plead guilty As part of his plea deal, Schaffer had pledged to cooperate with authorities, meaning he will likely flip on fellow members of the far-right Schaffer was facing u...

More than 370 people face federal charges in the deadly insurrection.

Founding member of Oath Keepers pleads guilty in Capitol breach, agrees to cooperate against others Updated: 1 hour ago Published 4 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article WASHINGTON — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and heavy metal guitarist on Friday became the first defendant to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Jon Ryan Schaffer, the frontman of the band Iced Earth, has agreed to cooperate with investiga...

A heavy metal guitarist on Friday became the first defendant to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.