Iced Earth frontman and famous insurrectionist Jon Schaffer is getting off gentle regardless of his involvement with the tried overthrow of the U.S. authorities on January 6, 2021.
In accordance with a sentencing memorandum from October 14 as obtained by Blabbermouth, Schaffer is sentenced to a few years of supervised probation and pays $2,000 in restitution on high of one other $200 in “particular evaluation.”
On the sentence, the memorandum reads: “Such a sentence can be ample to replicate the seriousness of this offense whereas additionally accounting for the three months defendant was detained following his arrest, the defendant’s early acceptance of duty, and the substantial help he has offered to legislation enforcement pursuant to his cooperation plea settlement.”
Schaffer entered a plea deal in April 2021, agreeing to cooperate with investigators of the January 6 rebellion and probably testify towards these concerned.
Schaffer was initially charged with six crimes however in the end pled responsible to 2 – obstruction of an official continuing of Congress, and trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol whereas armed with a lethal or harmful weapon.
The October 14 memorandum describes Schaffer‘s involvement as such: “The defendant was one of many first six individuals to breach the Capitol via the doorways on the northwest facet of the constructing close to the Senate Parliamentarian’s workplace. Schaffer wore a tactical vest and a hat that learn, ‘Oath Keepers Lifetime Member,’ and he was carrying a can of bear spray.
“The menacing conduct of Schaffer and the others on the entrance of the road pressured officers to retreat and allowed the mob to start out pouring into the Capitol via this entrance.
“The defendant’s participation within the assault on the Capitol was not random; it was the end result of weeks, if not months of more and more violent calls by Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the chief of the Oath Keepers, to oppose the lawful switch of energy from Donald Trump to Joseph Biden. Schaffer was aware about a few of these communications, as an Oath Keepers member, and he marched with the Oath Keepers throughout an occasion in D.C. in November 2020 to oppose the outcomes of the election.
“On the identical time, Schaffer didn’t take part within the Oath Keepers’ planning and coordination for the assault on the Capitol (he was not a part of any of the group’s encrypted chats for the January 6 operation),and he didn’t enter the Capitol with them on January 6. For that reason, Schaffer was not charged with collaborating in a conspiracy with different Oath Keepers.
“Moreover, Schaffer was contained in the Capitol for lower than ten minutes and didn’t instantly hurt or search to hurt any officers or property throughout this offense. Schaffer additionally has been cooperative with legislation enforcement since he turned himself in eleven days after the assault, proffering a number of instances with legislation enforcement and offering fulsome, credible, and related info.
“On April 16, 2021, the defendant totally accepted duty and pled responsible, pursuant to a cooperation plea settlement, to 1 depend of Obstruction of an Official Continuing, and one depend of getting into and remaining in a restricted constructing or grounds with a lethal or harmful weapon. The defendant was the primary individual to plead responsible to collaborating within the January 6 assault, and he agreed to allow the small print of his cooperation plea settlement to be made public.”
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