- Prosecutors are asking a judge to delay the sentencing of a Capitol rioter after finding new evidence.
- Glen Simon pleaded guilty to "parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building."
US prosecutors are requesting a judge to delay the sentencing of a Capitol rioter, citing newly-discovered 'additional evidence.'
Glen Mitchell Simon pleaded guilty to one count of "parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building" in August 2021 in connection to his time inside of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Simon's sentencing was originally scheduled for January 2022, however, the district judge accepted the prosecution's request to delay the sentencing until February 18, 2022, in light of finding new evidence "warranting further investigation and discussion."
It's currently unclear what the new evidence is that prosecutors discovered.
As the sentencing date approaches, prosecutors are now asking the judge to delay the hearing until mid-March as well as convert the sentencing hearing into a status hearing.
The prosecution noted that due to the new evidence found, it sent a revised plea offer to Simon, one charging him with "disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building," a stronger charge than to which he previously pleaded guilty.
According to the original complaint filed in federal court against Simon, he posted video of himself inside of the Capitol on to Facebook, leading someone to tip off the FBI about his whereabouts. He also posted an image onto Facebook outside of the Capitol with the caption, "Feel like I took about 50 bong rips of pepper spray today. Post victory picture after the ramming through of the Capitol building," according to the complaint.
Prosecutors allege Simon spent at least 42 minutes inside of the building — images presented by the prosecution show him walking around in Statuary Hall at the Capitol.
Simon is one of at least 769 people charged in connection to the Capitol riots and one of just 202 defendants to have pleaded guilty, so far.