"Patriots stormed the White House…"
Kenneth Kelly, one of many Jan. 6 defendants who got a bit confused about their branches of government, is about to enter a guilty plea as part of a plea deal.
"Inside White house via breaking in windows,” wrote Kelly, a medical doctor, while inside the U.S. Capitol. "Tree of liberty was watered today!”
Kelly’s relatives spoke to the FBI.
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Kelly will pled guilty to a class B misdemeanor and admit that he "paraded, demonstrated, and picketed in a Capitol Building.”
Counts to be dropped:
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building
- Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct
- Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct
Despite confusing the Capitol for the White House, Kenneth Kelly told the judge he knew the certification was taking place.
Kelly said he “stayed for the completion of the [Trump] rally, from start to finish.”
“There were a lot of people, there were no police,” when he arrived.
Kelly: "I should know better than to go in there… I knew it was a secure building and I made a conscience decision to walk in."
Kelly, an MD, said it was a mistake to call the Capitol Building the “White House."
"I probably didn’t have the education to name the building correctly, it’s embarrassing to say."
Kelly is still attempting to minimize his conduct that day, and the judge is pressing him to get everything clear.
Judge: “If you’re allowed to go in some place, you don’t usually climb up retaining walls, am I correct?"
Kelly continued to downplay his conduct on Jan. 6, but they got through that stage of the process. Here’s surveillance images of him inside the Capitol and guide to the path he took.
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