A Proud Boys member and former D.C. bartender who was caught on video joining a mob pursuing police officers and smashing a sign inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding.
U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaWASHINGTON — A Proud Boys member and former D.C. bartender who was caught on video joining a mob pursuing police officers and smashing a sign inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding.
Joshua Pruitt, 40, appeared from jail for a virtual hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly, where he admitted that he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol. Pruitt had beenon eight counts, including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and destruction of government property. Under a plea deal with the government, the other seven charges will be dropped after Pruitt is sentenced. His recommended sentencing guidelines range is 51-63 months in federal prison.
Joshua Pruitt picks up a “Quiet Please” sign and throws it across an atrium at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Pruitt admitted in court documents that he nearly came into contact with Sen. Chuck Schumer as the senator's security detail tried to whisk the then-minority leader to safety. Pruitt admitted that he tossed a chair in the direction of officers and was headed towards the Senate subway when he came across Schumer's security detail as they awaited an elevator.
"As they waited, a member of Senator Schumer's security detail saw PRUITT and one other man approaching. The security detail and Senator Schumer reversed course and ran away from the elevator, back down the ramp, and away from PRUITT," Pruitt admitted in a statement of offense. Pruitt eventually exited through a broken window, and then admitted to someone via text that he had been inside the Capitol and was, in the other person's words,"about to go at it with the cops." Pruitt later texted that"inside was fun."
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