Virginia Man Who Posted He Was Feeling Cute During Capitol Riot Pleads Guilty
According to the terms of Jacob Hiles’s plea agreement, Hiles pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building when he appeared before U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson on Thursday. When asked by the judge if he had anything he wanted to say, Hiles said “No, your honor, I just want to plead guilty.” Hiles was arrested in January when according to an FBI affidavit “multiple Facebook friends” of his sent them videos and photos Hiles had posted of himself at the riots, beginning with a selfie of “a bearded individual wearing a dark in color sweatshirt bearing the words “F**K ANTIFA,” a tan in color neck gaiter, baseball cap, and tan in color goggles” posted at 5:46 AM on the morning of January 6, 2021, with the caption: “Feelin cute…might start a revolution later, IDK – in Capitol Hill....