Man who wore 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt during US Capitol riot pleads guilty
Source: CNN
Man who wore 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt during US Capitol riot pleads guilty
By Hannah Rabinowitz
Updated 1629 GMT (0029 HKT) January 26, 2022
(CNN) — The man who was photographed inside the US Capitol wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt on January 6, 2021, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor trespassing charge on Wednesday.
Robert Packer, 57, could face up to six months in prison when he is sentenced in April, though many defendants who pleaded to the same charge and are not accused of violence received much less or no jail time.
Packer is the latest high-profile defendant to plead guilty, as prosecutors work to resolve the hundreds of misdemeanor cases. Nearly 200 defendants have pleaded guilty so far to federal crimes related to their conduct on January 6.
An image of Packer inside the Capitol went viral on social media during the riot, sparking shock and outrage. The black sweatshirt had a graphic image of a skull and crossbones and bore the name of the Nazi concentration camp where about 1.1 million people were killed during World War II -- most of them Jews.
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