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Boehner blames Trump for ‘that bloody insurrection’ in upcoming memoir Boehner blasts Trump in new memoir By CNN Staff | April 8, 2021 at 11:26 AM MST - Updated April 8 at 11:26 AM (CNN) – Former House Speaker John Boehner is unleashing on former President Donald Trump in his new memoir. He writes that the former president from his own party “incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, perpetuated by the b------- he’d been shoveling since he lost a fair election the previous November,” according to excerpts obtained by The New York...

Indiana guitarist Jon Schaffer charged in Capitol riot reportedly in plea negotiations Sarah Nelson, Indianapolis Star UP NEXT The Justice Department is reportedly in “advanced plea negotiations” with a heavy metal Hoosier guitarist accused of unleashing pepper spray on police during January’s Capitol riot.  Jon Schaffer, the Central Indiana man and member of Iced Earth, faces six federal charges in the insurrection that saw thousands of former President Donald Trump supporters trespass into the U.S. Capitol. Five people, including a police officer, died.  The 53-year...

Oath Keeper in 'advanced' negotiations for plea deal, DOJ says in filing The filing by the Justice Department and attorneys for Jon Schaffer indicate the heavy metal guitarist may be interested in cooperating to avoid an indictment. Author: Jordan Fischer, Eric Flack, Stephanie Wilson Published: 9:23 PM EDT April 5, 2021 Updated: 9:23 PM EDT April 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says it is in “advanced plea negotiations” with Capitol riot defendant Jon Schaffer – representing the first potential plea deal in the case. Schaffe...

April 6, 2021 11:23 a.m. The federal government let slip Monday that it was negotiating a potential plea deal with a famous heavy metal guitarist accused of using bear spray against police on Jan. 6.  The plea negotiations with Jon Schaffer, guitarist and main songwriter for the metal band Iced Earth, are “the first and most advanced plea negotiations involving any of the over 300 Capitol Riot defendants,” prosecutors said in a court filing Monday — one that it appeared was posted to Schaffer’s publicly accessible online court record by mistake, and was quickly r...

Schaffer has been accused of using bear spray to push past officers guarding the Capitol. The document describing the deal was deleted soon after being published. A heavy metal guitarist arrested in connection to the Capitol riot appears to be cooperating with prosecutors to get a plea deal, according to a Monday court filing.  The filing appears to have been posted publicly in error and was taken down quickly. But before it was, outlets like BuzzFeed News and Politico were able to read it. The US Attorney's Office in DC was not immediately available to comment on Tuesday morning on why the ...