OathKeeper Defendant Pleads Guilty to Two Felonies and Will Cooperate With Prosecutors
By Shipwreckedcrew | Jun 24, 2021 3:00 PM ET
Florida resident Graydon Young, 55, who is one of the 16 named Oathkeeper defendants indicted in the most widely publicized indictment connected to the January 6 protests at the U.S. Capitol, entered pleas of guilty to two charges on Wednesday — “conspiracy” and “obstruction of an official proceeding.” It was the first guilty plea in the main conspiracy case brought by the Department of Justice against members of the group.
Another Oathkeeper member, Jon Ryan Schaffer, has also pleaded guilty in a separate case, but he was not named as a co-conspirator in the main case involving a large number of reputed Oathkeeper members. Schaffer has also agreed to cooperate with investigators and potentially testify against other defendants.
News reports of the hearing state that the government agreed to dismiss the four remaining counts against Young, and the two sides estimate that the sentencing guideline range that will likely apply to his case will call for a sentence of between 63 and 78 months. Based on Young’s agreement to cooperate, the Government may make a motion for a sentence reduction at the time of sentencing. The extent of any such recommendation is not yet known, and would not be binding on the judge.
The actual plea agreement is not yet available online. The language of the plea agreement will explain exactly which factual allegations in the Fourth Superseding Indictment Young has admitted to be true.
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