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Capitol riot defendant makes first guilty plea in federal investigation Nicole Sganga © Credit: CBSNews cbsn-fusion-us-capitol-attack-officer-no-charges-ashli-babbitt-fatally-shot-thumbnail-693130-640x360.jpg A member of the Oath Keepers, Jon Ryan Schaffer, has entered the first guilty plea in the historic investigation of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that has led to charges against more than 400 individuals. The plea deal comes 100 days after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of former President Trump stormed the legislative building, ...

by Mike Usinger on April 16th, 2021 at 5:54 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2 Iced Earth founder Jon Ryan Schaffer has just made history for all the wrong reasons. The metal guitarist, who moonlights as a member of the MAGA nation, has pleaded guilty to two separate crimes tied to the January invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Appearing in a DC District Court, Schaffer admitted guilt to both obstruction of an official proceeding, and to entering a building with a dangerous weapon. (The latter, in case you’re curious, wasn’t devil horns or a Gibson Les Paul; the dangerous weapon was bear spray).

The Associated Press A FedEx flight on final approach flies over the FexEx Ground facility, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop.” Coroners began the slow process of identifying the victims as family members spent hours agonizing over word of thei...

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 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 t...

Apr 16, 2021 / 01:00 PM EST  (CNN) — A Columbus native and a heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to two crimes related to the US Capitol insurrection, making him the first rioter to do so. Jon Ryan Schaffer pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding and entering a building with a dangerous weapon. He admitted to carrying bear spray into the Capitol complex during the formal certification of the Electoral College votes. One hundred days after the January 6 attack, Schaffer is now the first pro-Trump rioter to plead guilty and admit his c...