
Justice Department preps plea deals for Capitol rioters tied to assault on Officer Michael Fanone
CNN
The Justice Department is preparing to offer a plea deal to three US Capitol rioters accused of participating in the grisly assault on Officer Michael Fanone, prosecutors said Friday.
At three separate hearings, federal prosecutors said they've already had preliminary plea talks with defense attorneys, and they plan to extend formal plea offers in the next few weeks. "We hope to have one by the end of the month," prosecutor Cara Gardner said at a hearing for Albuquerque Head, a Tennessee man who has been charged with 10 federal crimes stemming from the Capitol insurrection. He has pleaded not guilty and has been in jail since his arrest.
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