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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 government. The deal was made Friday morning in court. Schaffer, who was seen on camera deploying ch...

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 the first five or six" rioters to enter the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6 is the first person to agr...

Report: Columbus man expected to plead guilty for role in Capitol riot Jon Schaffer's 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 official proceeding, sources told NBC News. It was the first guilty plea won by the federal government ...

Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images More than one defendant in January's 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 group's leadership.  According to a CNN report, prosecutors have struck deals with more than one Capitol riot defendant. In exchange for plea deals, cooperators may have ...