A U.S. judge is demanding answers from lawyers representing a defendant after the man proclaimed he was innocent one day after admitting he entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in violation of federal law.
U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta on Feb. 3 gave the defense and prosecutors one week to explain why he shouldn’t act following a published interview of Thomas Adams Jr., the defendant.
Adams told the State Journal-Register that he wouldn’t change anything he did on Jan. 6, adding: “I didn’t do anything. I still to this day, even though I had to admit guilt, don’t feel like I did what the charge is.”…