Capitol Rioter Pleads Guilty to Seditious Conspiracy

“A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has become the first to admit to engaging in seditious conspiracy to keep President Biden from taking office on Jan. 6, 2021,” the Washington Post reports.

“Joshua James pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington on Wednesday to helping lead a group that prosecutors say sent two tactically equipped teams into the Capitol and organized a cache of weapons in a hotel just outside the city. He also pleaded to one count of obstructing an official proceeding, and he may face the stiffest sentence of any Jan. 6 defendant so far.”

“As part of his plea, James agreed to cooperate with federal investigators, including testifying in front of a grand jury.”