He was probably scared into a plea deal a lot of people that plea guilty get overwhelmed by the cops and such. There’s plenty of cases where people plea guilty to stuff they didn’t do.
edit: or that if they had taken to court they would be charged with a lesser charge than the plea deal
That's true, people do plea guilty for reduced sentencing and such. I don't know that I'd agree with the "scared into it" phrasing, as they have their own defence lawyer to give them a much less intimidatory breakdown of the options, probabilities and consequences, but I guess that's neither here nor there.
It's not consistent in this case though, with him volunteering to testify against trump at his impeachment, his distancing himself from the qanon BS, his public statements since, etc. are all consistent with guilty conscience and a belief in personal wrongdoing.
The guy had the US Congress, the media, and the so called “justice” system against him.
Aside from making remarks in media he didn't have access to, what exactly did having congress "against" him mean? Same for the media. As for the justice system, they're always against you when you're charged with committing a crime. That's the point.
He had been held without bail, in solitary confinement, and his lawyer wasn’t given access to video evidence that could have helped his case.
Yes, he was refused bail. For reasons that are well documented, perfectly legitimate and used all the time. The solitary was indeed unfortunate, though bought about by reasonable medical concerns. He doesn't seem too fussed about it. From his sentencing reporting:
"I'm a good man who broke the law," he said.
Angeli said that he was, in a way, grateful, for his confinement, giving him the time to evaluate his actions. "You really dig when you're locked up 22 hours a day," he said.
Would you like to provide some context, or expand on the claim that his lawyer wasn’t given access to the video?
He was likely told that if he didn’t plea guilty (and say what they wanted him to say about Trump) that he would get life in prison. It would have been a political show trial in a kangaroo court. Much like the entire January 6th Congressional hearing were a show trial of sorts.
Well, that's a wildly extraordinary claim. One you can't possibly provide any evidence for, let alone the extraordinary evidence such a claim should merit. It would also suggest that his own lawyer would either go along with a blatant lie, or somehow just never discuss his options and possible consequences with him.
Further does this:
Seem like a man who's been coerced into regurgitating "establishment narrative"?
Do his words here:
Jake Angeli, who protested at the U.S. Capitol during the riot in January in a fur hat with horns, was sentenced on Wednesday.
www.azcentral.com
Seem like a much put upon martyr?
The just outcome here would be for all of the Jan 6th people to be released and their charges dropped. Not because none of them committed crimes, some obviously did. But the government was so blatantly biased, corrupt, and unjust in the prosecution and investigation of those people that a fair trial would be impossible.
That just sounds ridiculous, and I'm glad you're not in charge of such things. If you hate your country so much, why not go somewhere else? I'm sure
somewhere must want and suit people like you.
