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Oath Keepers ‘Lifetime Member’ Cooperating With Prosecutors On Insurrection Conspiracy A self-described "lifetime member" of the Oath Keepers has become the first defendant in the January 6 insurrection cases to enter a guilty plea as part of a cooperation agreement with prosecutors, following a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Friday morning. The plea bargain for Jon Schaffer, 53, a heavy-metal guitarist from Indiana who was photographed assaulting officers with bear spray and entering the U.S. Capitol, was approved by Judge Ahmit Mehta. Schaffer engaged ...

Iced Earth Rocker Pleads Guilty, Admits to Taking Part in Capitol Riot Celebrity Guitarist Jon Schaffer has acknowledged his role in the violent Capitol takeover early this year and admitted he is a founding member of the Oath Keepers. Apr 17, 2021 AceShowbiz - Rocker Jon Schaffer has pleaded guilty for his role in the violent U.S. Capitol uprising in January (21). The Iced Earth guitarist was initially charged with six crimes, including engaging in an act of physical violence and targeting police with bear spray, but in court on Friday (16Apr21), he pleaded guilty to two charges - obstru...

Department of Justice Prosecutors identified Jon Schaffer using security footage inside the US Capitol. Circled in his hand is the bear spray he used against Capitol Police, the government alleges. Federal prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from a man charged with participating in the Capitol riots as a member of the Oath Keepers, marking the first conviction in the sprawling investigation into the events of Jan. 6 as well as the first known cooperator in the case. Jon Schaffer, 52, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, appeared before a federal judge in Washington, DC, on Friday morning. He pleaded ...

A heavy metal guitarist from Columbus, Indiana who was armed with bear mace and wore a tactical vest as he joined a mob storming the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 has pleaded guilty in federal court. Jon Schaffer, 52, a guitarist in the band Iced Earth, admitted in Washington DC District Court to obstructing an official proceeding and entering a restricted building with a weapon when he tried to forcibly stop Congress' certification of the U.S. presidential election results. "These actions are disgraceful and unacceptable," FBI Deputy Director Paul M. Abbate said in a statement. Abbate adde...

Views: As part of his guilty plea, Schaffer will be cooperating with the government from now on, which should give them even more information on the planning behind the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Schaffer is also a guitarist for the heavy metal band, Iced Earth. A band more or less defunct since his arrest. An Indiana man accused of being a longtime member of the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, an important milestone in the government's effort to understand the forces behind the siege. It was the first guilty plea secured by...