A prosecutor wrote that Douglas K. Wangler and Bruce J. Harrison received "rare" early offers in which the feds said they would recommend probation in exchange for a guilty plea.
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Prosecutors earlier this month filed charges in connection with the riot against Bruce J. Harrison and Douglas K. Wangler, who claims a connection to an obscure Star Wars character.
U.S. District Court records
Federal prosecutors have charged two more Illinoisans with entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 Electoral College vote count, including one who allegedly later said, “If walking around and singing some patriotic songs is a crime, then I guess I am guilty.”
Douglas K. Wangler and Bruce J. Harrison are each charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
They are at least the seventh and eighth individuals from Illinois to be charged in the Capitol breach, which has so far led to charges against hundreds of individuals. Federal prosecutors have said it will likely amount to one of the largest criminal investigations in U.S. history.