Man pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for Capitol attack

[ificandream]

Source: Associated Press/By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge.

Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal prosecutor said. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly agreed to release Bertino pending a sentencing hearing that wasn’t immediately scheduled.

Bertino also pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully possessing firearms in March 2022 in Belmont, North Carolina. Kelly accepted his guilty plea to both charges during a brief hearing after the case against Bertino was filed Thursday.

Justice Department prosecutor Erik Kenerson said estimated sentencing guidelines for Bertino’s case recommend a prison sentence ranging from four years and three months to five years and three months. The Civil War-era seditious conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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Give this clod the 20-year maximum sentence.

And ... he's gonna cooperate with the Justice Department.

[pwb]

1. But tfg was going to pardon us all

he said. In two months we will get tfgs health care plan too.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Stand back and stand by. What a stupid dimwit chud.

He could have just stayed the hell home, but nooooo.

[barbtries]

3. he pled guilty and they cut him loose,

and did not even schedule a sentencing date. Why?

[Mr.Bill]

4. Maybe continued cooperation

with prosecutors on other cases and what results come from said cooperation?

[barbtries]

5. that's my hope.

the cynic in me says that gives him plenty of rope to abscond. hope they at least took his passport or placed him on a high bond.

[Mr.Bill]

6. He could also be wearing an ankle bracelet. n/t

[bluestarone]

7. If this is the case

He better be watching his back.

[Mr.Bill]

8. True. Possible candidate

for the witness protection program.

[Gore1FL]

9. One would expect a guilty plea to a conspiracy goes a long way to prove a conspiracy existed.

It seems like this should make the other cases easier.

[Jack the Greater]

10. "Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation...

... of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol"

Ooh... he's turned snitch to save his ass. He better shave that manly beard and start wearing nerd glasses, and move to a nice liberal neighborhood, so his friends can't find him.

[ck4829]

11. K&R