Lester Holt Highlights 'Far Right' Oath Keeper Plea Deal on January 6 Riot

Tim Graham | April 18, 2021
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On Friday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Lester Holt brought on Pete Williams to report "it was a member of the far-right Oath Keepers who has agreed to tell investigators what he knows" about the January 6 Capitol riot. "John Schaffer of Indiana, 53, pleaded guilty to entering the Capitol with bear spray and trying to obstruct the electoral vote count. The government dropped a charge of assaulting Capitol Police with the spray."