Mufasa :sdf:<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Illinois</span></a> man pleads guilty to assaulting <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Reuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Reuters</span></a> journalist during U.S. Capitol riot</p><p>Last year, Jason Woods became the first defendant to be charged for assaulting a member of the news media during the riot.</p><p>A total of 11 people have been charged with assaulting journalists that day, while about 269 have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding police officers, according to a Justice Department tally.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/January6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>January6th</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JasonWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JasonWoods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Journalism</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/illinois-man-pleads-guilty-assaulting-reuters-journalist-during-us-capitol-riot-2022-09-09/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/illinois-man</span><span class="invisible">-pleads-guilty-assaulting-reuters-journalist-during-us-capitol-riot-2022-09-09/</span></a></p>