Ryan Lucas

The Justice Department has secured its first guilty plea in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack investigation. A founding member of an anti-government militia group has pleaded guilty on two counts.

Jon Schaffer pleaded guilty to two charges — obstructing an official proceeding and entering restricted grounds with a dangerous weapon. He has agreed to cooperate fully with investigators.

Stewart Rhodes founded the militia in 2009. Now it's one of the largest extremist anti-government groups in the country, and a focus of the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Oath Keepers are a far-right militia group. Court documents indicate Stewart Rhodes, the group's founder, is being scrutinized in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The massive Justice Department investigation into the Jan. 6 riot is ongoing, but the picture so far shows "small cells" of conspiracy, rather than an overarching one. Here's what's publicly known.

Federal prosecutors have charged members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys with conspiracy in connection with the Capitol riot. What do those cases tell us about advance planning for the violence?

A year after the first major coronavirus relief package passed, the Justice Department has charged defendants over exploiting loan and unemployment programs as well as with fraud targeting consumers.

The founder of the Oath Keepers militia had a phone call with a member of the group who minutes later took part in a military-style "stack" formation to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, prosecutors say.

Court papers filed by the Justice Department allege that a member of the Oath Keepers coordinated with the Proud Boys and a far-right, self-styled militia to form an "alliance" on Jan. 6.

"This case will not be tried in the media," U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta said Tuesday, referring to two recent stories that he said could affect the defendants' right to a fair trial.