Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer will be sentenced for his participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack on February 20, 2024. The sentencing date was set by U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta, who issued the following order on Schaffer's sentencing.
"The Court hereby refers Defendant Schaffer to the U.S. Probation Office for preparation of a presentence investigation report. The Final Presentence Investigation Report shall be due on or before February 6, 2024. The Parties' Sentencing Memoranda shall be due on or before February 13, 2024.
"Replies, if any, shall be due on or before February 16, 2024. Reply briefs shall be limited to five pages. Sentencing for Jon Ryan Schaffer is hereby set for February 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 10 before Judge Amit P. Mehta. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 8/11/2023."
Schaffer and the United States government entered a plea deal in April 2021, which in part resulted in the 18-year sentenced of Stewart Rhodes, leader of the far-right extremist group Oath Keepers. Part of Schaffer's plea deal included a more lenient sentence in exchange for information on his fellow insurrectionists, as well as the potential for the Justice Department to place Schaffer into the witness protection program.
