Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer is in FBI custody after being charged with various crimes related to the 6 Jan attack on the US Capitol building.
The musician reportedly handed himself in on Sunday.The various charges relate to forced entry into the Capitol building, use of physical violence and disrupting government business.
The FBI also said on Twitter that Schaffer is suspected of attacking police officers with ‘bear spray’.Among various pieces of evidence in the case against Schaffer is an interview he gave to a reporter while on the pro-Trump protest march prior to the attack on the Capitol building.
In that interview, he said that he was there to protest the election result, and that he and others were willing to do so violently if.
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