<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Monday, prosecutors said they were were in the middle of plea negotiations with <keyword id="1751711" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jon-Schaffer">Jon Schaffer</keyword>.</li><li>Schaffer has been accused of using bear spray to push past officers guarding the Capitol.</li><li>The document describing the deal was deleted soon after being published.</li></ul>A heavy metal guitarist arrested in connection to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-republicans-believe-false-narratives-about-the-capitol-riot-2021-4">Capitol riot</a> appears to be cooperating with prosecutors to get a <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-may-be-taking-cooperation-deals-with-federal-prosecutors-2021-2">plea deal</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-riots-jon-schaffer-plea-deal-talks-oath-keepers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BuzzFeed News</a> and <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/05/prosecutors-oath-keeper-capitol-assault-479080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> were able to read it.The US Attorney's Office in DC was not immediately available to comment on Tuesday morning on why the filing had been published then removed.The filing pertains to Jon Schaffer, founder of the heavy metal band Iced Earth, who has been accused of using bear spray on Capitol police officers at the January 6 riot. Images from the day show him wearing an Oath Keepers hat.<div type="image" title="Jon Schaffer capitol riot bear spray" height="1322" width="2000" msid="81931255" hostid="261"></div>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-oath-keepers-american-militias-2016-11">Oath Keepers</a> are a far-right militia group, and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ohio-4ae41a1dc529fc96879c618b5b64126d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=APedium=AP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several members</a> (not including Schaffer) have been indicted by the Department of Justice for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/6-oath-keepers-charged-with-criminal-conspiracy-in-capitol-riots-2021-2">coordinating</a> the January 6 riot using military-style tactics.It's unclear whether Schaffer, who's from Indiana, actually has ties to the group. In a <a href="http://www.indianaoathkeepers.org/">statement</a> that doesn't directly name Schaffer, but appears to refer to him, the Indiana Oath Keepers said he's "NOT a member" of their chapter.In a separate, still-public criminal complaint seen by Insider, Schaffer is charged on six counts linked to the riot, including violent entry, being in the Capitol unlawfully, and engaging in physical violence.In the deleted filing, Assistant US Attorney Ahmed Baset wrote that Schaffer has been cooperating in "debrief interviews" with prosecutors since early March.Baset described the government's "ongoing plea negotiations" with Schaffer as "the first and most advanced plea negotiations involving any of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">over 300 Capitol Riot defendants</a>."On the table is the possibility of allowing Schaffer out on bail while he awaits trial, Baset wrote. Schaffer was arrested on January 17 and was ordered held without bail, according to <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/judge-orders-iced-earth-heavy-metal-columbus-indiana-guitarist-jon-schaffer-held-without-bond-on-capitol-riot-charges-bear-spray/65-fb2abf3b-c30b-4052-bd17-a988f7a90880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WUSA-9</a>.In explaining why the filing needed to be made private, Baset explains how disastrous it could be if word gets out that Schaffer were cooperating with prosecutors. "If alerted to this information, investigation targets against whom the defendant may be providing information about could be immediately prompted to flee from prosecution, destroy or conceal incriminating evidence, alter their operational tactics to avoid future detection, attempt to influence or intimidate potential witnesses, and otherwise take steps to undermine the investigation and avoid future prosecution," Baset wrote."Accordingly, these facts present an extraordinary situation and a compelling governmental interest which justify sealing of this filing pertaining to this investigation that is being submitted at this time."<h2>Read the full court filing below, via <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/05/prosecutors-oath-keeper-capitol-assault-479080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a>:</h2><iframe src="https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/20583975-jon-schaffer-court-filing/?embed=1&amp;title=1le=1" title="Jon Schaffer court filing (Hosted by DocumentCloud)" width="700" height="905" style="border: 1px solid #aaa;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>

A man charged with storming the Capitol in an Oath Keepers hat is negotiating a plea deal, federal prosecutors said in deleted filing

<ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 860 people have been charged with crimes linked to the Capitol insurrection.</li><li>Over a year after January 6, 2021, 314 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the riot.</li></ul>More than <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">870 people</a> have been charged with crimes since supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.Over a year later, at least 314 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the insurrection.This table includes the names, accepted charges, and links to <keyword id="12040648" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="court-documents" source="Orion">court documents</keyword> of all the people who have pleaded guilty so far. We'll keep it updated as more names are released.<iframe title="Capitol insurrection guilty pleas" id="datawrapper-chart-J2rPI" src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/J2rPI/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;" height="359"></iframe>Jon Schaffer, a guitarist who founded the metal band Iced Earth, was the <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-riot-oath-keeper-jon-schaffer-cooperate-flip-prosecutors-2021-4">first person to file a guilty plea</a> and agree to cooperate with prosecutors, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases">according to Department of Justice filings</a>. Schaffer is also a member of the Oath Keepers, a self-styled militia that prosecutors said <a href="https://www.insider.com/oath-keepers-capitol-attack-plans-trump-direction-court-filings-2021-2">planned and practiced its attack</a> on the Capitol weeks in advance.Paul Hodgkins' case was the first felony sentencing stemming from the protests. He'll serve 8 months in prison and pay a $2,000 restitution fee.The <a href="https://www.insider.com/internet-slams-fbi-ask-for-help-identifying-mob-2021-1">FBI is still seeking the public's help</a> to <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/capitol-violence">identify</a> people who took part in one of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/after-breaking-into-congress-pro-trump-rioters-took-selfies-2021-1">most documented crimes in US history</a>.Attorney General <a href="https://apnews.com/article/merrick-garland-confirmation-hearing-b5f03bc4ab13c8e42bb9994e7b2765d6">Merrick Garland told members of the Senate</a> during his confirmation hearing that he planned to personally oversee the Justice Department's handling of the cases."I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 — a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government," Garland said.After more than a year of investigating the riot, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/january-6-hearings-findings-who-will-testify-how-to-watch-2022-6">unveil its findings on June 9, 2022,</a> showcasing previously unseen testimonies from some of the committee's interviews with top officials.Update 5/2/2021: The <keyword id="11957149" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="department-of-justice" source="Orion">Department of Justice</keyword> originally listed Jared Adams as a defendant who pleaded guilty, but the DOJ later corrected its website to say Adams pleaded not guilty for his charges. Insider's database has been updated accordingly.

314 rioters have pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol insurrection so far. This table is tracking them all.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9860607" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oath-keepers">Oath Keepers</keyword> militia member Jon Schaffer has agreed to flip for prosecutors.</li><li>He was part of a group of Oath Keepers who stormed the Capitol on January 6.</li><li>Schaffer is the first known riot participant to cooperate with prosecutors.</li></ul>A member of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/oath-keepers">extremist Oath Keepers militia</a> who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, making him the first known participant in the insurrection to flip.The militia member, Jon Schaffer, pleaded guilty Friday to minor trespassing charges at the Capitol building. Prosecutors <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.230166/gov.uscourts.dcd.230166.24.0_1.pdf">charged him with an information</a> rather than an indictment, a charging instrument normally used for people who agree to cooperate with prosecutors.Judge Amit Mehta, who's overseeing the case, confirmed Schaffer's cooperation in a court hearing Friday where he pleaded guilty to the charges.Schaffer, the lead singer and a guitarist of the heavy metal band Iced Earth, stormed the Capitol building, threatened Capitol police officers with bear spray, and espoused conspiracy theories about the presidential election, according to an FBI affidavit included in his case. He wore a baseball cap that read "Oath Keepers Lifetime Member," according to the affidavit.Federal prosecutors have so far <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">charged more than 400 people</a> over the January 6 riot, where a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress in a failed attempt to stop legislators from certifying the results of the presidential election in favor of now-President Joe Biden.They've charged several members of the Oath Keepers, who court records show <a href="https://www.insider.com/oath-keepers-capitol-attack-plans-trump-direction-court-filings-2021-2">planned out their attack and held training sessions weeks in advance of the insurrection</a>.The known evidence used in the cases against the militia members - as with most of the <keyword id="10562031" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Capitol-Riot">Capitol riot</keyword> cases - drew on surveillance footage, interviews with media, social media posts, and private messages from participants.Prosecutors said in a filing on April 6, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-plea-deal-accused-capitol-rioter-deleted-filing-says-2021-4">apparently made public erroneously</a>, that Schaffer was negotiating a plea deal.Mehta is also overseeing the cases for other members of the Oath Keepers. During Friday's hearing, he terminated public access to court proceedings before finalizing the terms of Schaffer's plea agreement.Expanded Coverage Module: capitol-siege-module

A heavy metal guitarist who stormed the Capitol as part of the Oath Keepers militia has agreed to flip for prosecutors

<ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes linked to the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.</li><li>Over two years later, at least 476 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the riot.</li></ul>More than <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">1,000 people</a> have been charged with crimes since supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.Over two years later, at least 476 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the insurrection.This table includes the names, accepted charges, and links to court documents of all the people who have pleaded guilty as of February 13, 2023. Insider has since stopped tracking guilty pleas and the charges handed down to Capitol rioters, but other sources, like <a href="https://extremism.gwu.edu/capitol-hill-siege-cases">George Washington University's Program on Extremism</a>, continue to keep track.<iframe title="Capitol insurrection guilty pleas" id="datawrapper-chart-J2rPI" src="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/J2rPI/1/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;" height="359"></iframe>Jon Schaffer, a guitarist who founded the metal band Iced Earth, was the <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-riot-oath-keeper-jon-schaffer-cooperate-flip-prosecutors-2021-4">first person to file a guilty plea</a> and agree to cooperate with prosecutors, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases">according to Department of Justice filings</a>. Schaffer is also a member of the Oath Keepers, a self-styled militia that prosecutors said <a href="https://www.insider.com/oath-keepers-capitol-attack-plans-trump-direction-court-filings-2021-2">planned and practiced its attack</a> on the Capitol weeks in advance.Paul Hodgkins' case was the first felony sentencing stemming from the protests. He'll serve 8 months in prison and pay a $2,000 restitution fee.The <a href="https://www.insider.com/internet-slams-fbi-ask-for-help-identifying-mob-2021-1">FBI is still seeking the public's help</a> to <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/capitol-violence">identify</a> people who took part in one of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/after-breaking-into-congress-pro-trump-rioters-took-selfies-2021-1">most documented crimes in US history</a>.Attorney General <a href="https://apnews.com/article/merrick-garland-confirmation-hearing-b5f03bc4ab13c8e42bb9994e7b2765d6">Merrick Garland told members of the Senate</a> during his confirmation hearing in February 2021 that he planned to personally oversee the Justice Department's handling of the cases."I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 — a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government," Garland said.<h2>A House of Representatives committee also investigated the riot, and recommended 4 charges against Trump</h2>After more than a year of investigating the riot, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol began to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/january-6-hearings-findings-who-will-testify-how-to-watch-2022-6">reveal its findings in June 2022</a>, showcasing previously unseen testimonies from some of the committee's interviews with top officials.And on December 19, 2022, the select committee <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/january-6-committee-trump-criminal-referral-doj-capitol-riot-2022-3">recommended four charges</a> against Trump:<ul><li>Conspiracy to defraud the US</li><li>Conspiracy to make false statements</li><li>Obstruction of an official proceeding</li><li>Inciting an insurrection</li></ul>The recommendations, however, don't carry legal weight and the DOJ isn't obligated to follow them.Update 5/2/2021: The <keyword id="67869" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Department-of-Justice" source="Orion">Department of Justice</keyword> originally listed Jared Adams as a defendant who pleaded guilty, but the DOJ later corrected its website to say Adams pleaded not guilty for his charges. Insider's database has been updated accordingly.

At least 476 rioters have pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol insurrection so far. This table shows them all.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Numerous defendants in January's <keyword id="120673" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="capitol">Capitol</keyword> riot are said to be turning on far-right groups.</li><li>CNN reported Wednesday that at least one defendant agreed to work against the <keyword id="7348949" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Proud-Boys">Proud Boys</keyword>.</li><li>Court records indicate that several plea deals with cooperators may be in the works.</li></ul>The brotherhood of the Proud Boys may be falling apart, as attorneys on the case say some of the Capitol riot defendants have turned or are considering turning on the leaders of the far-right extremist group.<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/07/politics/capitol-riot-flip-proud-boys/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29itics%29">A CNN report on Wednesday</a> quoted an attorney as saying a Capitol riot defendant had agreed to flip against the Proud Boys. In exchange for plea deals, cooperating defendants may have to work with the Department of Justice and prosecutors to build stronger cases against the head honchos of far-right extremist groups.The extent of any cooperation with the DOJ and prosecutors is unclear, but CNN wrote that this was the strongest indication yet that one of the defendants was willing to work with authorities against the Proud Boys.It was not the first sign, however, that there <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-may-be-taking-cooperation-deals-with-federal-prosecutors-2021-2">might be disloyalty</a> within the ranks of the Proud Boys and other groups.The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-rochester-conspiracy-michael-pence-df49aadd31bfdd280732913945fc1bae">Associated Press</a> reported in February that another Proud Boy, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/proud-boy-dominic-pezzola-broke-into-capitol-bomb-manuals-feds-2021-1">Dominic Pezzola</a>, was mulling a plea deal. Prosecutors accused Pezzola of <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-members-proud-boys-indicted-conspiracy-other-charges-related-jan-6-riots">snatching a police officer's riot shield</a> and shattering a window at the Capitol to let rioters in.There is also a history of Proud Boys members working with law enforcement.In March, attorneys for the Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs - who <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/30/politics/proud-boys-fbi-contacts/index.html">authorities allege was one of the first to clamber through a smashed window to get into the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection</a> - argued that he should not be held in jail pending trial. The lawyers said in a <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000178-8207-d59d-a7f9-bb6f3fe80000">court filing</a> that Biggs had regularly spoken with the FBI in recent months to provide information about protests he was involved in and that these back channels, as well as the information he provided, should keep him out of jail.Other groups linked to the storming of the Capitol are also seeing instances in which defendants are said to be considering trading information to escape indictment.Insider reported this week that prosecutors were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-plea-deal-accused-capitol-rioter-deleted-filing-says-2021-4">negotiating a plea deal with Jon Schaffer</a> - a heavy-metal guitarist who was spotted storming the Capitol wearing an Oath Keepers hat, indicating his connection with the paramilitary group.According to a now-deleted confidential court filing that was erroneously uploaded but seen by <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-riots-jon-schaffer-plea-deal-talks-oath-keepers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BuzzFeed News</a> and <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/05/prosecutors-oath-keeper-capitol-assault-479080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a>, Schaffer was involved in "debrief interviews" with prosecutors. "Based on these debrief interviews, the parties are currently engaged in good-faith plea negotiations, including discussions about the possibility of entering into a cooperation plea agreement aimed at resolving the matter short of indictment," the filing said.The criminal-defense attorney Martin Tankleff told CNN that he thought it likely that more cooperators would come forward and turn against the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and other groups facing pressure from law enforcement since the riot. "Whenever you have a large group of people arrested and in jail, prosecutors will typically observe the group and pressure defendants to flip on one another," Tankleff said. "They're going to start talking. They're going to start sharing information."

The Capitol riot defendants may be starting to turn on one another, outing far-right extremist leaders

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2811265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Capitol-Police">Capitol Police</keyword> Officer James Blassingame spoke with "PBS NewsHour" about the January 6 insurrection.</li><li>In the interview, he criticized <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> for not creating a commission to investigate what happened.</li><li>Blassingame has also filed a civil lawsuit against Trump accusing him of inciting the mob.</li></ul>A Capitol Police officer who was on the scene of the January 6 insurrection is criticizing Congress for not forming a commission to investigate what happened on the day of the riot.Officer James Blassingame, who has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2-capitol-police-officers-on-duty-during-riots-sued-trump-2021-3">filed a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump accusing him of inciting the mob</a> that stormed the Capitol, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-capitol-police-officer-gives-his-account-of-the-jan-6-attack">spoke with "PBS NewsHour"</a> about the siege and its aftermath in an interview that aired on Wednesday."As bad as it was, like, we did our job. Like, no member of Congress was harmed," he said."And to have to see these people every day, and they don't have our back, something as simple as just trying to find out what happened so that it doesn't happen again, because my fear is this was the tip of the iceberg," he added.Last month, the Senate failed to rally the support of 60 senators to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol breach. Fifty-four senators voted yes on the measure, including <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/6-gop-senators-voted-support-jan-6-commission-2021-5">six Republicans</a>. Two Democrats did not vote: Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Patty Murray.Blassingame said he feared that a lack of accountability for what happened was "emboldening" people who are radicalized on the far-right, and it appears that federal judges agree.Judges have denied bonds for several members of the Capitol mob, linking the decisions to baseless claims about the validity of the presidential election spread by Trump and members of the Republican Party. While denying bond to one rioter, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said: "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-election-claims-capitol-breach-defendants/2021/06/08/036f57ee-bf22-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html">Unfortunately, political dynamics</a> that gave way to January 6 have not faded."At least <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">515 people have been charged</a> in connection with the Capitol riot, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-who-pleaded-guilty-updated-list-2021-5">two people have pleaded guilty</a>: Jon Schaffer and Paul Hodgkins.

Capitol Police officer rips Congress for blocking January 6 commission: 'We did our job ... and they don't have our back'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="2811265" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Capitol-Police">Capitol Police</keyword> officer said he wouldn't have survived the insurrection if he had fired his gun.</li><li>James Blassingame compared firing his gun to "throwing kerosene" on a "four-alarm blaze."</li><li>He spoke about the insurrection in a <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-capitol-police-officer-gives-his-account-of-the-jan-6-attack">"PBS News Hour" interview</a> that aired Wednesday.</li></ul>A Capitol Police officer said he didn't fire his gun at the insurrection on January 6 because he feared it would have been like "throwing kerosene" on a fire."The only reason why I didn't do it was because the mentality was this is a four-alarm blaze," Officer James Blassingame <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-capitol-police-officer-gives-his-account-of-the-jan-6-attack">told "PBS News Hour"</a> in an interview that aired Wednesday, "and if I pull my gun out and start shooting, I'm throwing kerosene on it. Maybe there's a chance I survive if I don't pull my weapon, but if I do, I'm probably not going to make it out of here alive, you know. You don't have enough bullets."Blassingame, who has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2-capitol-police-officers-on-duty-during-riots-sued-trump-2021-3">filed a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump accusing him of inciting the mob</a> that stormed the Capitol, said he had never been in a situation where felt he needed to use his gun - until the siege.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jf2oLN8xHpw" frameborder="0"></iframe>Blassingame's fears are not unfounded. Officers at the Capitol that day were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-riot-senate-report-officers-describe-no-help-direction-betrayed-2021-6">outnumbered and overwhelmed</a> as crowds of rioters forced their way up the steps and into the legislative building using blunt weapons and chemical sprays.Investigators have suggested that the brutality could have escalated, finding that several attendees had spoken online about plans to bring firearms to Washington, DC. Capitol Police and officers with the Metropolitan Police Department caught people there with <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protest-cases-insight/arrested-capitol-rioters-had-guns-and-bombs-everyday-careers-and-olympic-medals-idUSKBN29J2V8">guns and explosives</a>.A <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_8cbCFhv_lM0-B0hd40CVZEeOSIkSt2c?usp=sharing">criminal complaint</a> said footage appeared to show Kevin Creek, a military veteran who was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/creek-kevin-douglas">charged</a> this week, attacking an officer before trying to enter the Capitol. He told investigators he'd had a knife and chemical spray, it said.<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_8cbCFhv_lM0-B0hd40CVZEeOSIkSt2c"></a><a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">At least 516 people</a> have been charged in connection with the insurrection. <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-who-pleaded-guilty-updated-list-2021-5">Two people</a>, Jon Schaffer and Paul Hodgkins, have pleaded guilty.

A Capitol Police officer said he didn't use his gun at the insurrection because it would have been like 'throwing kerosene' on a fire

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Chicago police officer was arrested on suspicion of participating in the January 6 Capitol riots.</li><li>Karol Chwiesiuk, 29, has been a member of the <keyword id="312942" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Chicago-Police-Department">Chicago Police Department</keyword> since December 2018.</li><li>Phone records show he texted someone saying he "knocked out a commie" on January 5.</li></ul>A Chicago police officer was arrested on Friday on suspicion of breaking into the US Capitol on January 6 among a mob of pro-Trump supporters, according to the <keyword id="67869" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Department-of-Justice">Department of Justice</keyword>Karol Chwiesiuk, 29, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Chwiesiuk is a two-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department and worked in the Harrison District of Chicago, according to the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/6/11/22529794/chicago-police-officer-charged-connection-with-u-s-capitol-breach">Chicago Sun-Times.</a> He previously worked for the Cook County Sheriff's Office.Court filings show the FBI first identified Chwiesiuk after the "FBI learned that a device" associated with Chwiesiuk entered the Capitol on January 6. Investigators obtained his phone records and discovered he messaged several people while inside the building. After interviewing the people Chwiesiuk texted inside the Capitol, the FBI found texts from Chwiesiuk on January 3 saying how he was "busy planning how to f--k up some commies." On January 6, he messaged the same person to tell them he "knocked out a commie last night" but warned them not to tell someone whose name is redacted in the court filing,Images of Chwiesiuk outside of the Capitol show him wearing a Chicago sweatshirt affixed with a Chicago Police emblem. He also texted a selfie and communicated with others inside of Sen. Jeff Merkley's office while simultaneously appearing in a live stream by Anthime Gionet, also known as Baked Alaska.<div type="image" title="a selfie taken by Chicaho police officer Karol Chwiesiuk inside of the Capitol" height="233" width="250" msid="83449569" hostid="261"></div>In a <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-police-officer-capitol-breach-federal-charges-20210611-dof6a7g6wrf5be2w3wsdjurbje-story.html">press conference</a> on Friday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot condemned Chwiesiuk's alleged role in the attempted insurrection. She said his involvement was "a total disgrace to the badge."At the same conference, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown said "participating in the siege on the Capitol in any way was a betrayal of everything we stand for.""The fact that a Chicago police officer has been charged in that attack on American democracy makes my blood boil, makes me sick to my stomach," he said. "If these allegations are true, it breaks my heart. At least <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">520 people have been charged</a> with crimes associated with the January 6 riots. So far, two people: Jon Schaffer and Paul Hodgkins, <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-who-pleaded-guilty-updated-list-2021-5">have pleaded guilty</a>.

A Chicago police officer broke into the Capitol in January and bragged in a text that he "knocked out a commie," new court filings show

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Law enforcement are taking a closer look at how extremist groups may have organized violence ahead of the US Capitol insurrection.</li><li>Members of the <keyword id="7348949" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Proud-Boys">Proud Boys</keyword>, <keyword id="9135624" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="three-percenters">Three Percenters</keyword>, and <keyword id="10622372" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-oath-keepers">The Oath Keepers</keyword> have been charged with participating in the riots.</li><li>USAO said determining the level of planning done by groups like these is a top priority for investigators.</li></ul>As the <keyword id="6355946" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="fbi">FBI</keyword> continues to investigate the mob of crazed pro-Trump fanatics who took over the US Capitol on January 6, investigators are focusing on the role that extremist groups played in organizing the terror.Members of the extremist groups Proud Boys, The Oath Keepers, and the Three Percenters are <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">among the 145 individuals</a> who have been taken into custody since the insurrection.Three members of the Oath Keepers, one of the largest anti-government militias in the US, were among the rioters to be charged with conspiring to carry out the attack.The DOJ has accused Virginia resident Thomas Caldwell and Ohio residents Jessica Watkins and Donovan Crowl of communicating on Facebook as early as December 24 to prepare for January 6.They talked about what hotel they would stay at. Caldwell noted that the Comfort Inn Ballston is a "good location and would allow us to hunt at night if we wanted to," according to an affidavit filed in federal court.They freely talked about their "Oath Keeper" mission in posts on the social media accounts.Their communications continued through the attack.While at the Capitol, Caldwell received a Facebook message that said, "All members are in the tunnels under capital seal them in. Turn on gas".The FBI is using these messages as evidence that the Capitol attack was not simply a spontaneous adrenaline-fueled siege carried out by men and women playing Army, but rather a planned event.Michael Sherwin, the US Attorney for the District of Washington, said that determining the level of planning done by extremist groups is a top priority for investigators."If you look at social media, you could see a lot of affiliation with some of the protest activity, some of the rioting activity, and it runs the whole gamut of different groups from soup to nuts, A to Z. But right now, look, we're not going to label anything because everything's on the table in terms of the extremist groups," Sherwin said at a Department of Justice <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/doj-update-on-capitol-attackers-january-15-transcript">press update</a> last week. "We'll let them label themselves with the evidence. But all of these extremist groups are being looked at in terms of their participation at the Capitol."<h2>Many insurrectionists proudly wore symbols of far-right extremist groups</h2><iframe src="//content.jwplatform.com/players/w7hoxcFd-VWaoq3j4.html" width="320" height="260" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto"></iframe>Many of the Capitol rioters made their group affiliations <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-clothes-revealed-deeper-story-about-possible-future-threats-2021-1">obvious.</a>Clothing donning "The Oath Keepers" was spotted throughout the crowds.The Oath Keepers, comprised of mostly former military, vow to protect America from "the new world order," a future where the government imposes martial law and seizes guns.One of them, Jon Schaffer, turned himself in to the FBI on Sunday, after he was outed as one of the rioters.The Indiana musician who founded the metal "Iced Earth" was easily recognized when the FBI circulated posters with his face on it, <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/17/jon-schaffer-fbi-custody-after-capitol-riot/4200215001/">the Indy Star reported.</a>Schaffer is accused of spraying Capitol police with bear spray while wearing a Oath Keepers Lifetime Member" hat.Other rioters wore a patch bearing the roman numeral three, a logo for the "Three Percenters."This group - often heavily armed - spreads the myth that only three percent of American colonists fought to overthrow the British and that they are the true defenders of the US constitution.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rioter-pictured-zip-tie-handcuffs-senate-is-air-force-veteran-2021-1">Larry R. Brock,</a> a decorated Air Force lieutenant colonel from Texas, was recorded inside the building wearing a helmet and holding flex cuffs. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/capitol-riot-militias.html">The New York Times reported</a> that Brock was a member of the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.<a href="https://www.insider.com/how-proud-boys-rose-from-obscurity-to-mainstream-american-politics-2021-1">The Proud Boys -</a> an international all-male nationalist organization of people who oppose political correctness and incite violence - were also among the crowds at the Capitol.The Proud Boys claim to be a "drinking club," but in actuality, they are a radicalization vector rooted in defending the patriarchy. <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-proud-boys-rose-from-obscurity-to-mainstream-american-politics-2021-1">It also has ties to white supremacy</a>, despite its current leader being Cuban-American.<a href="https://www.insider.com/proud-boys-leader-arrested-fbi-for-storming-capitol-2021-1">Nich Ochs,</a> the Hawaii chapter president and failed congressional candidate, was arrested after he posted a selfie smoking a cigarette inside the building.Dominic Pezzola, a former Marine and Proud Boys member, was arrested after a video of him shattering a window in the Capitol with a riot shield was widely shared online.A judge banned the Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, from DC the day before the planned march outside the Capitol. Tarrio, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter flag at a historic Black church during a December pro-Trump rally, posed a threat to do it again, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-banned-proud-boys-chairman-from-dc-ahead-of-rally-2021-1">a judge found.</a>Despite being banned from DC, Tarrio didn't return home to Miami that week. When reached by phone during the <keyword id="10554785" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="capitol-siege">Capitol siege</keyword>, Tarrio told Insider he was in a hotel room in Maryland "not breaking the law."Individuals were also seen <a href="https://www.insider.com/capitol-riots-qanon-protest-conspiracy-theory-washington-dc-protests-2021-1">carrying QAnon emblems</a> and other less specific branding - like Confederate flags of Auschwitz paraphernalia - honoring other hate movements.Sherwin said that law enforcement is not going out of their way to identify the individuals who have been arrested by the extremist groups they associate with but that investigators are looking at how the groups communicated ahead of the attacks.He called it a "tier one top priority" for the US Attorney's office and federal law enforcement to determine whether there was an "overarching command" of the riots.Plans of violence circulated <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/plans-to-storm-the-capitol-circulated-on-social-media-2021-1">online through social media and in plain sight</a> for days ahead of the Capitol siege.<div type="image" title="US Capitol Building riots" height="1663" width="2500" msid="80357323" hostid="261"></div><h2>Being a member of an extremist group is not, on its own, a <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Crime">crime</keyword></h2>The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.insider.com/canada-is-considering-labeling-proud-boys-a-terrorist-organization-2021-1">doesn't designate domestic terrorist groups.</a>In the US, belief in abhorrent ideology alone is not a crime, but adherents' illegal actions can be prosecuted."When it comes to domestic terrorism, our investigations focus solely on the criminal activity of individuals-regardless of group membership-that appears to be intended to intimidate or coerce the civilian population or influence the policy of the government by intimidation or coercion," an FBI spokesperson told Insider. "It's important to note that membership in groups that espouse domestic extremist ideology is not illegal in and of itself-no matter how offensive their views might be to the majority of society. Membership in a group is not a sufficient basis for an investigation."The FBI had previously classified the Proud Boys <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/proud-boys-extremist-group-fbi-2018-11">as an extremist group.</a>"These guys have labeled themselves. I mean, Mr. <a href="https://www.insider.com/man-with-confederate-flag-inside-of-the-us-capitol-has-been-arrested-2021-1">Kevin Seefried</a> labeled himself when he was walking through the Capitol with the Stars and Bars, and Mr. <a href="https://www.insider.com/man-wearing-camp-auschwitz-sweatshirt-capitol-siege-arrested-2021-1">Robert Packer</a> labeled himself when he was with the "Camp Auschwitz" shirt in the Capitol," Sherwin said Friday. "So we're not going to try to label these people. We'll let them label themselves with the evidence."Expanded Coverage Module: capitol-siege-module

The FBI is keeping a close eye on far-right groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers as it starts to determine to what extent Capitol siege was planned in advance

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That year, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-managing-director-class-2013-11">280 people</a> made the cut.The following individuals have been promoted:Catherine Addona-Peña Alokik Advani Sam Agnew Daniel Ahern Murtaza Ahmed Fusae Akamatsu Phil Almond Ana Alonso Roy Appelman Juliano Arruda Alex Ashwal Daniel Avery Misty Bailey Tom Barkes Jose Barreto Sushil Bathija Gregoire Baudot Olivier Belaich Sharon Bell Allison Beller Christine Benson Schwartzstein Sam Berberian Todd Berger Sandy Bernhardt Greg Berube Shashi Bhushan (Bengaluru) Lyla Bibi Julie Billings Alexander Blanchard Tristan Blood Katherine Bloom Alexander Blostein John Blythe Andrea Bonini Vijay Borkar Jean-Pierre Boudrias Dyson Bowditch Rhett Brewer Sean Brewer Cameron Brien Tyler Brooke Marios Broustas Melissa Brown Jacob Buitelaar Jason Burgess Manuel Camacho Tim Campbell Eliot Camplisson Susana Cao Miranda Nicholas Chan Sorubh Chandani Amy Chang Dennis Chang Scott Chastain Scott Chen (IBD) Yu Chikami Vikram Chima Sung Cho Caroline Chu Simon Clarke Ray Clifford Jorge Combe William Connolly Ron Cortina Daniela Costa Yasmine Coupal Patricia Creedon Brian Culang Michelle Daly Ranga Dattatreya Christopher Daur Brian DeCenzo Alexis Deladerriere Robert Devens Devanshu Dhyani Scott Dias Johanna Diaz Simon Dickinson Andrew DiMaria Darren Dixon Terence Donnelly Christopher Droege Lindsay Drucker Mann Frank Drury Caroline Dunne Steven Edwards (Internal Audit) Jeffrey Egee Naoko Ehara Inna Elyashkevich Jason English Andrew Erekson Joris Esch Ana Estrada Cristina Estrada Owain Evans Julia Feldman Jing Feng Albert Ferng Val Feygin Dan Fishman Dennis Fleck Terence Flynn Ian Foster (IBD) Kelly Galanis Ilya Gaysinskiy Libardo Gerardino Said Ghusayni Michael Gillott Arvind Giridhar Mark Glotfelty Chloe Goddard Lakshya Goel Peter Goertzen Andres Gonzalez Clara Gonzalez-Martin Claire Goodeve Anton Gorshkov Simon Gosling Jessica Binder Graham Michael Graham (Securities) Glenn Greilsamer Fabrizio Grena Alain Griveau Pierre-Yves Guerber Renaud Guidée Renu Gupta Christoph Haenschel Simon Hale Jay Handfield Deirdre Harding Nada Hassan Frances Hawkins Tobias Heilmaier Christoph Heuer Kenneth Ho Luke Hodges Jennie Holloway Matthew Hostasa Henry Howell Soomin Hu Victor Hu Andrew Huang Lee Hughes Michael Hui Shinichiro Ichiki George Ingram Francesca Innocenti Karen Ip Yuichiro Isayama Shubha Iyer Kristy Jago Matt Jahansouz Lear Janiv Jessica Janowitz Franklin Jarman Jabe Jerram Lei Jin Moritz Jobke Charles Johnston Ganesh Jois Katherine Jollon Colsher John Jonke Shrut Kalra Emiko Kamoda Markus Kant Yugandhar Karna Lotfi Karoui Vanya Kasanof Ting Ke Kyle Kendall Richard Kendrick Corey Kenyon Anthony Kim Seong Eun Kim Sean Kingston Teresa Kingswood David Kirschner Michael Klym Jared Klyman Andrew Knight Timur Kocaoglu Kevin Kochar Christina Kopec David Korpi Caroline Kraus Jennifer Krevitt Ajay Kumar Raj Kumar Kosuke Kurosawa Marc Kurz Takashi Kuwano Loredana La Pace Phil Labbe Marco Laicini Vidya Lakshmi Lia Larson Kinger Lau Max Layton Jerome Lebuchoux Andrew Lee (GIR) David Lee (IMD) Jay Hyun Lee (MBD) Jerry Lee Shane Lee Valerie Leeder Panayiotis Lemonidis Joe Lenehan Daniel Levy Yael Levy Olga Lewis Christina Sun Li Chuan Li James Li Edmund Lim Stephen Little David Liu Daniel Lochner Michael Loetzsch Donald Lu Rochelle Lucas Matthias Ludemann Christopher Lvoff Andrew Lyons Kristen Macleod Manju Madhavan Lynn Magnus Thomas Malafronte Sajith Maliakel Rakesh Manani Elizabeth Mann Jim Mannoia John Manzi Jia Mao Guillaume Marinacce Jeremie Marrache Matthew Mason Gaurav Mathur Yuji Matsumoto Tom McAndrew Scott McHugh Andrew McIlroy Jenny Meng Shahmil Merchant Joann Mercurio Maryline Mertz Marco Messeri Hideo Michiba Jared Miller Stacey Miller Elizabeth Milonopoulos Pascal Mischler Pooja Mishra Prahlad Doretta Mistras Matthew Mizrahi Hillel Moerman Soren Moller-Rasmussen Fausto Monacelli Q Montazeri Leonie Morel Owen Morris Daniel Motta Ricardo Mourao Christian Mueller-Glissmann Niladri Mukhopadhyay Mathieu Munuera Francis Murphy Thomas Murray Charles Myers Harsh Nanda Asad Naqvi Ryan Nash David Naulty Toh Ne Win Shapour Neshatfar Billy Newport Anya Newton Katrina Niehaus Christos Nifadopoulos Ryan Nolan Brian Nordahl Steven Nowak Matthew O'Callaghan John Olivo Oscar Ostlund Marco Paesotto Kanak Palanisamy Sundaram Pandiarajan Mrudang Pandya Francesco Paolicelli Dhaval Parekh Keyur Parekh Akash Patel Himin Patel Jatin Patel Cristina Patron Nicholas Peach Agostina Pechi Xi Pei Shlomit Perry Joseph Persky Carlos Prieto Ricardo Puggina Tim Quandt Stephanie Rader Emilie Railhac Amit Raje Sudarshan Ramakrishnan Akila Raman Vishaal Rana Robert Rancitelli Zeeshan Razzaqui Paolo Re David Reis Kevin Relihan Ben Reuter Matt Rhodes Clare Richards Brian Richardson Richard Rivero Duane Robinson Fabiano Romeiro Agustin Romo Calvo Karen Rossi Matias Rotella Anne Russ C. 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A man charged with storming the Capitol in an Oath Keepers hat is negotiating a plea deal, federal prosecutors said in deleted filing

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314 rioters have pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol insurrection so far. This table is tracking them all.

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A heavy metal guitarist who stormed the Capitol as part of the Oath Keepers militia has agreed to flip for prosecutors

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At least 476 rioters have pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol insurrection so far. This table shows them all.

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The Capitol riot defendants may be starting to turn on one another, outing far-right extremist leaders

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Capitol Police officer rips Congress for blocking January 6 commission: 'We did our job ... and they don't have our back'

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A Capitol Police officer said he didn't use his gun at the insurrection because it would have been like 'throwing kerosene' on a fire

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A Chicago police officer broke into the Capitol in January and bragged in a text that he "knocked out a commie," new court filings show

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The FBI is keeping a close eye on far-right groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers as it starts to determine to what extent Capitol siege was planned in advance

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The Goldman Sachs new managing director list is out!

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