Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have reached a plea deal with Josiah Colt, a 34-year-old rioter from Idaho who breached the U.S. Capitol and rappelled into the Senate chamber during the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. In June, Paul Hodgkins, a rioter who stormed the Senate chamber with a Trump flag, also pleaded guilty to felony obstruction of an official proceeding. In reality, Pelosi’s reserved seat is located in the House chamber, not the Senate chamber that Colt and other pro-Trump rioters breached. Images of Colt roaming the evacuated Senate chamber were among the first and most widely shared photos of the Jan. 6 insurrection. U.S. Department of Justice Federal prosecutors used this image as evidence to charge 34-year-old Josiah Colt, who breached the U.S. Capitol and rappelled into the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection.

Source: Huffington Post July 14, 2021 19:04 UTC