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WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and heavy metal...

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 up to 30 years in prison, if convicted. During a court hearing last month, U.S. attorneys said Schaff...

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. 

Jon Schaffer of the Oath Keepers anti-government militia admitted at a federal hearing in Washington, D.C., that he took part in the storming of the Capitol building, wearing a tactical vest and armed with bear repellent spray, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Print WASHINGTON - A founding member of the Oath Keepers arrested in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate against others in the case - the first defendant to potentially flip in the sprawling domestic terrorism investigation that has led to charges against more than 400 people. The scheduled plea comes exactly 100 days after Jon Ryan Schaffer and hundreds of other supporters of former president Donald Trump allegedly stormed the Capitol hoping to prevent Joe Biden from being confirmed as the next president. Prosecutors hope Schaffer’s plea spurs others to...