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Wed Jul 21, 2021, 07:30 AM Jul 2021

Tampa man, 20, admits intending to block Congress with Oath Keepers in new Capitol riot guilty plea [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Tampa man, 20, admits intending to block Congress with Oath Keepers in new Capitol riot guilty plea

A Tampa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to joining a “stack formation” of Oath Keepers members and associates who allegedly breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, becoming the latest to cooperate with prosecutors and the first among the formation to specify that he intended to hinder Congress that day using intimidation and coercion.

U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta of Washington accepted the plea after Berry acknowledged that he coordinated plans and discussed the need to bring firearms for Jan. 6 in the nation’s capital with Oath Keepers members.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/tampa-man-20-admits-intending-to-block-congress-with-oath-keepers-in-new-capitol-riot-guilty-plea/2021/07/20/74bf6320-e980-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html

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