New: Today we're publishing a two-part feature on the plea deals entered so far in the Jan. 6 prosecutions, along with a searchable database of plea documents.
Part I: 100 Capitol Rioters Have Pleaded Guilty. Here’s What They Did And What They’re Facing.
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Part I: 100 Capitol Rioters Have Pleaded Guilty. Here’s What They Did And What They’re Facing.
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Part II: Reading Between The Lines Of The Capitol Riot Plea Deals buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
100 is, on the one hand, an arbitrary number — we don't know how many people will ultimately be charged.
But it's also a large enough pool to understand the deals prosecutors are offering, who is taking them, and what both sides are getting in return: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
But it's also a large enough pool to understand the deals prosecutors are offering, who is taking them, and what both sides are getting in return: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A close reading of plea docs can tell us more about the status of the broader investigation into Jan. 6 and builds on our understanding of events on the ground that day — a guilty plea turns a piece of information from an allegation to an agreed on fact buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Jenny Cudd of Texas today became the 100th Capitol rioter to plead guilty. Her defiant "patriot" Facebook livestream made her one of the higher-profile defendants; her misdemeanor plea deal meant the govt dropped a felony count for obstructing Congress buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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