“A Florida man who wore a ‘Trump 2020’ T-shirt and carried a Trump flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Wednesday, becoming the second defendant to reach a plea deal in connection with the Capitol attack. Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding on Wednesday, while four other charges were dismissed as part of a plea deal. Hodgkins told Judge Randolph D. Moss that he had been in counseling through his employer since his arrest. Hodgkins was arrested in Florida on a criminal complaint on Feb. 16 after a witness who knew Hodgkins told the FBI he’d received a copy of a selfie Hodgkins posted on Parler that showed him on the floor of the Senate. Hodgkins told FBI agents that he traveled to Washington alone by bus before the Jan. 6 attack, according to the criminal complaint in his case.”

“Hodgkins was indicted by a federal grand jury March 5 on five counts: obstructing an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. Hodgkins is the second Jan. 6 defendant to plead guilty in the Capitol attack. Jon Schaffer, a heavy-metal guitarist associated with the Oath Keepers, pleaded guilty to two counts in mid-May. Federal authorities have charged more than 400 defendants in connection with the Capitol attacks, and hundreds of more arrests are expected. The FBI received hundreds of thousands of tips in connection with the Capitol attack, and the unprecedented investigation has at times overwhelmed federal authorities” – Huffington Post.