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ICED EARTH leader
Jon Schaffer is among dozens of people wanted by the
FBI for storming Capitol Hill earlier this week.
The
FBI's Washington Field Office early Friday morning released 40 photos of people who are suspected of unlawful entry during a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol carried out on Wednesday (January 6) during the final Congressional vote recording for the 2020 general election. Among them is a picture of
Schaffer taken by
Roberto Schmidt of
AFP. In the photo,
Schaffer can be seen at the front of a mob, sporting a hat from
Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia group, and pointing his finger pointed while yelling at someone out of the frame.
On Thursday, acting United States attorney
Daniel P. Bubar and
FBI special agent in charge
David W. Archey jointly announced their condemnation of violence during Wednesday's events in Washington D.C. and requested information regarding individuals involved in potential criminal acts of violence.
"We strongly condemn the violence carried out by rioters yesterday at the U.S. Capitol, which was a reprehensible attack on our democracy,"
Bubar said. "Here in the Western District of Virginia, we are quite familiar with the use of the federal Anti-Riot Act, and are working with our law enforcement partners to identify and prosecute any individuals that traveled from the Western District of Virginia to Washington, D.C. to commit violent criminal acts in furtherance of these riots. We will continue to carry out our mission to support and defend the Constitution and the rule of law, undeterred."
The
FBI is asking anyone who recognizes someone from the wanted posters or who witnessed any of Wednesday's activity to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit information
online here.
Earlier today, German daily newspaper
Die Welt uploaded a video interview it conducted with
Schaffer last November at a Washington, D.C. demonstration supporting
Trump and protesting the 2020 presidential election results. In the two-minute chat with
Die Welt, which can be seen at
this location, the 52-year-old musician told journalist
Carolina Drüten: "My name is
Jon Schaffer. I'm from Indiana. A group of thugs and criminals hijacked this country a long time ago. Now they're making their big move, and it's not gonna happen. And that's what it is. These are globalists. These are the scum of the earth. These are the criminals that are behind all the fraudulent fee on currency, they're behind all the wars, they're behind all the shit, they're behind divide-and-conquer tactics, behind the racial divide. It's all nonsense, it's all garbage. People need to wake up and snap out of the matrix, because they're going down. They've made the move. They're messing with the wrong people here — trust me on that. And we needed it to be open like this — open fraud, open theft. Because now we see you, and you're going down. Mark my words."
Asked if he was expecting some sort of violence or a clash with some other groups at the November event,
Schaffer said: "If somebody wants to bring violence, I think there's a lot of us here that are ready for it. We don't want that, but if they bring it, we're gonna respond to that — trust me.
"I think this goes beyond
President Trump,"
Jon continued. "
President Trump is a populist. He's not your typical Republican. He's not establishment. He's not going out starting wars all over the place, like they do. Which is funny — where are all the Democrats that were anti-war? There's so much hatred for
Trump, it's just ridiculous. He's dealing with a criminal mafia that has been in the shadows running the world, frankly, for a very long time. They wanna destroy all of our sovereignty and bring about global government. We're not having it. We can still do business together, the countries can still be at peace, but we're not gonna merge into some globalist, communist system. It will not happen. There will be a lot of blood shed, if it comes down to that — trust me. The American people will not go for that bullshit — once they understand what's actually happening. So, that's where we're at. Nobody wants this, but they're pushing us to a point where we have no choice."
Back in 2009,
Schaffer raised eyebrows when he launched his
SONS OF LIBERTY project via an appearance on a radio show hosted by far-right conspiracy theorist
Alex Jones.
More recently,
Schaffer voiced his controversial views on the coronavirus crisis during an interview with
MetalSucks's
"The Quarantinecast", claiming that COVID-19 is "a psychological warfare campaign on the people more than it is a serious pandemic." Implying that a shadowy cabal of elites is using a global crisis as a cover to profiteer and entrench their power,
Schaffer said: "I think there's a lot more going on than meets the eye here — in fact, I know there is. Legitimate doctors and scientists are being censored and banned on
YouTube constantly. It's unbelievable levels of fraud."
In a September 2020
Facebook Live chat,
Schaffer said that he didn't trust his government. "I don't give a shit if it's an 'R' or a 'D' next to the name of the person," he explained. "You can't put your hope into one president or one person, or a mayor or a governor or whatever. You've gotta be out there and actively put pressure on these people, let 'em know you're paying attention. If you're not paying attention, they're gonna rob you and steal everything. Your freedom too. Not just your money. They're gonna steal your fucking freedom. 'Cause they're a bunch of sick control freaks."