Capitol riot defendant makes first guilty plea in federal investigation Nicole Sganga © Credit: CBSNews cbsn-fusion-us-capitol-attack-officer-no-charges-ashli-babbitt-fatally-shot-thumbnail-693130-640x360.jpg
A member of the Oath Keepers, Jon Ryan Schaffer, has entered the first guilty plea in the historic investigation of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that has led to charges against more than 400 individuals.
The plea deal comes 100 days after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of former President Trump stormed the legislative building, allegedly aiming to block the certification by Congress of Joe Biden as the next president.
In his plea agreement, Schaffer, 53, said he was a founding lifetime member of the Oath Keepers, a large, loosely organized collection of individuals and militias, prosecutors said. Schaffer a guitarist and member of the heavy metal band Iced Earth wore a tactical vest and carried bear spray
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Oath Keeper Becomes First to Plead Guilty in Capitol Riot
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By Celine Castronuovo and Harper Neidig - 04/16/21 12:22 PM EDT
A founding member of the right-wing paramilitary group the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, becoming the first such defendant to enter into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
Jon Ryan Schaffer, who was initially arrested in January after turning himself in to FBI agents, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding and one count of entering a restricted building with a dangerous weapon.
A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., had abruptly scheduled a plea agreement hearing on Friday at 11 a.m. Schaffer acknowledged during the hearing that the plea agreement will require him to cooperate with prosecutors.