Iced Earth‘s Jon Schaffer is being sued by Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine for his role in this year’s attack on the US Capitol Building.On January 6, the guitarist was among a group of Donald Trump supporters who stormed Capitol Hill to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress, which resulted in the complex being locked down.A number of protesters breached security and got inside the building while others clashed with police outside.
Eyewitness video captured police repelling the attackers with batons, pepper spray, and tear gas.Now, Schaffer is one of more than two dozen members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who are being sued by Racine over millions of dollars the city spent to defend the.
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