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(CNN)An off-duty police officer from Virginia who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy, after striking a plea deal with the Justice Department and agreeing to cooperate against a police colleague who was also charged.
Jacob Fracker, a former officer for the Rocky Mount Police Department, faces a maximum sentence of five years behind bars for the felony, though it's unlikely he will receive the statutory maximum. He and his colleague -- and co-defendant -- Thomas Robertson were both fired from the police department after their involvement in the riot became public.
Robertson is scheduled to go to trial later this year. He has pleaded not guilty to the four counts against him, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony.
The development of Fracker's cooperation against his onetime colleague and friend is a big victory for prosecutors, who have previously described Robertson as a dangerous criminal who is interested in fomenting political violence.
Officers Jacob & Thomas breaking the law on 1/6/21. Officer Jacob has now rolled on Officer Thomas.
Omnipresent
(5,716 posts)Botany
(70,522 posts)This attack on the US Capitol was much more planned then "they" are trying to sell.
You had 2 groups go to the Capitol on 1/6/21. Group #1 which was most of them generalized
thugs to cause confusion and violence and then more trained groups of active or retired police,
fire fighters, and military who were looking to steal the certified electoral ballots so they could
stop the certification of Joe Biden as POTUS and it just so happened that Rudy G, Stone, and so
on had a bunch of made up electoral ballots with which they wanted to replace the stolen ones
with. @ least that is my
PatSeg
(47,517 posts)and that is how they chose to portray themselves. Really classy guys.