Jon Schaffer, Iced Earth Guitarist and Jan. 6 Insurrectionist, Sentenced to Three Years Probation
Musician and Oath Keepers "lifetime member" was among the first to breach the Capitol
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Jon Schaffer, the heavy metal guitarist and founding “lifetime member” of the Oath Keepers who was among the first to breach the Capitol on
Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to three years of probation and 120 hours of community service. He will also have to pay $1,000 in restitution and a $200 financial assessment.
The sentence for Schaffer, who accepted a plea deal in April 2021, is similar to what the government recommended earlier this month (The Department of Justice had asked him to pay $2,000 in restitution.)
In early October, federal prosecutors praised Schaffer’s “substantial” cooperation in the Jan. 6 investigation and recommended that he serve no time in prison.
The Republic reports that they instead asked for Schaffer to receive three years of probation, including six months of house arrest, along with the previously stated restitution, fine, and community service. He provided information for other cases to the U.S. government and testified before a grand jury. The recommendation also follows a June Supreme Court ruling that limited prosecutors’ ability to charge Jan. 6 insurrectionists with obstruction and
several delays to Schaffer’s sentencing date.
In November 2020, while walking in the Million MAGA March to protest the alleged voter fraud that allowed Joe Biden to win the presidency over Donald Trump, Schaffer spoke with the
German news outlet Welt.
“My name is Jon Schaffer; I’m from Indiana,” he said in
video from the interview that later surfaced online. “A group of thugs and criminals hijacked this country a long time ago. Now they’re making their big move, and it’s not going to happen. And that’s what it is. These are globalists. These are the scum of the Earth.… People need to wake up and snap out of the matrix, because they’re going down. They’ve made the move; they’re messing with the wrong people here, trust me on that.”
Fifty-two days later, Schaffer was one of the first insurrectionists to breach the Capitol."
Jon Schaffer, the Iced Earth guitarist who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection in support of Donald Trump, has been sentenced.
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