Judge signals plea offers coming in Capitol riot inquiry as authorities focus on violent suspects

[DonViejo]

Kevin Johnson
USA TODAY

A federal judge signaled Thursday that plea agreements were forthcoming for some of the hundreds accused in the government’s far-reaching investigation into the deadly Capitol riots.

In a hearing involving three Missouri defendants charged with illegal entry and disorderly conduct, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said that she expected “plea offers would be extended in the near future” as part of the larger inquiry.

U.S. Attorney Brenda Johnson did not dispute the judge’s assessment, as the government has been focusing much of its attention on the most violent suspects and larger groups believed to have coordinated their roles in the Jan. 6 siege.

Prosecutors acknowledged last week that they were pursuing a broad conspiracy involving "a large number of participants." And earlier this week, the government asserted that a leader of the paramilitary group known as the Oath Keepers coordinated with members of at least two other extremist sects – the Proud Boys and Three Percenters – prior to the Capitol attack.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/25/capitol-riot-investigation-federal-judge-hints-plea-deals-coming/6997185002

[ZonkerHarris]

1. They are going to start rolling on each other to save their own skins. :)

[lagomorph777]

2. Bad news for the bigger fish such as Trump, Stone, and Boebert.