Last month, Schaffer was ordered by a federal judge to be held without bond until his trial. The musician was arrested on Jan. 17 in his home state of Indiana after appearing on the FBI s Most Wanted list following the guitarist s participation in the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6. His likeness there was captured both in photographs used by authorities and in alleged amateur video. He s facing six federal charges following the incident.
But rather than wait out the time until trial in a jail cell, Schaffer s attorneys argued the musician should be released in the interim. Now, an April 6 court date has been set to consider such a proposal, as MetalSucks reported. Schaffer s lawyer Marc Victor listed the Iced Earth member s reasons for such a request in a motion to amend detention from March.