James McGrew admitted to shoving, striking and throwing a handrail at officers
A former Marine who had been living in an Oceanside sober-living home before being arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting law enforcement officers.
Like many rioters, McGrew filmed the breach on his cellphone, and his image — in a gray, black and white Columbia jacket — was caught by several others filming inside the Capitol that day. A large “King James” tattoo on his stomach, which had been documented in booking photos for past crimes, helped identify him, according to a search warrant affidavit.
After marching from a rally led by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Capitol with his mother, McGrew was recorded shouting “let’s go” 14 times, according to the plea agreement and other court records. Then, behind the sound of barricades being pushed aside, he yelled “we took this thing.”Once inside, he struck a Metropolitan police officer who was trying to move insurgents out of the Great Rotunda, and later struck another officer and lunged for his baton.
McGrew was injured by an improvised explosive device while fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, during the 2005 surge and was medically discharged in 2007, according to a motion filed by his attorney. He has had to be treated for several medical issues by the VA.
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