A member of the Georgia chapter of the Oath Keepers militia group has pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of Congress in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and will cooperate “fully” with prosecutors going forward.
Ulrich’s 14-page plea agreement includes an expansive cooperation clause, obligating him to “testify fully, completely and truthfully before any and all Grand Juries in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and at any and all trials of cases or other court proceedings in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, at which your client’s testimony may be deemed relevant by the Government.”
Co-defendant Joshua James, of Alabama, pleaded guilty in March. He will also cooperate with the government.
Prosecutors say that he was part of the military-style “stack” formation that pushed its way through the crowd at the east side of the Capitol. He entered the building at around 3:22 p.m., roughly an hour after the initial breach, and made his way toward the Rotunda as police were trying to clear the area.
The guilty plea is another major turn in the case against Rhodes and several others accused of coordinating the attack on the Capitol building, which took place just as Congress had started to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.