MI GOP Gov Candidate To Plead Guilty To Riot Charge

June 22, 2023 Crime, Republicans

The Detroit Free Press reports:

Ryan Kelley, a real estate agent and conservative activist who sought to become governor of Michigan in 2022, will plead guilty next month to a misdemeanor charge stemming from his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kelley had initially pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. In June 2022, in the middle of his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor, Kelley was arrested during a raid at his Ottawa County home.

Federal prosecutors originally levied four charges against Kelley: the charge for entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; as well as disorderly and disruptive conduct, knowingly engaging in an act of physical violence against a person or property and willfully injuring property. During interviews with federal investigators, Kelley declined to identify himself in videos of the riot at the Capitol.

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As I reported last year, Kelley refused to concede his loss in the GOP gubernatorial primary despite finishing in fourth place.



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