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Self-proclaimed Native Republican Jorge Riley pleads guilty for U.S. Capitol attack
Thursday, March 9, 2023
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —
It took more than two years but a self-proclaimed Native Republican wore his “best Trump tie” to court here and finally admitted he was wrong for participating in a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Standing only a half-mile from the site of the deadly attack, Jorge Aaron Riley pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding on Tuesday afternoon. He admitted that he tried to stop the U.S. Congress from confirming the results of an election that Republican former president Donald Trump lost.
“I plead guilty, your honor,” Riley told Judge Amit P. Mehta during a half-hour hearing in federal court.
The hearing marked Riley’s first appearance in the nation’s capital since the attack on January 6, 2021, an event he gleefully documented on social media. More than 150 photos, videos and posts from the fateful day show him in a sort of Native caricature, with makeup on his face that he described as “war paint” and feathers in his hair, breaking into the U.S. Capitol and boasting of his role in preventing lawmakers from carrying out their official duties.
“I’m going for the war,” Riley said on a social media account that was shut down following the violent siege on the legislative branch of the U.S. government.
“Hey We’re storming the Capitol…. what are you doing?” he later said.

United States of America v. Jorge Aaron Riley
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Statement of Offense: PDF
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Plea Agreement: PDF

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