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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Spencer S. Hsu

Far-right UCLA student who sat in Pence’s chair on Jan 6 pleads guilty

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A far-right Republican leader at UCLA with white supremacist ties has pleaded guilty, after admitting to sitting in Vice President Mike Pence’s chair in the Senate during the 6 Jan Capitol breach.

Christian Secor, a member of America First Bruins, admitted to obstructing an official proceeding - namely Congress’s certification of the election of Joe Biden - in a plea deal with US prosecutors.

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