Effingham resident, Oath Keeper enters plea agreement in connection to Jan. 6 insurrection

Brian Ulrich of Guyton pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding in connection to the riot at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021. Ulrich, 44, was a member of the Oath Keepers, an organized group with some members being associated with militias.

He entered into a plea agreement and is cooperating with the investigation.

In a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington D.C., Ulrich admitted “from November 2020 through January 2021, he conspired with other Oath Keeper members and affiliates to use force to prevent, hinder and delay the execution of the laws of the United States governing.”

On Dec. 5, 2020, while communicating with other members in the group, Ulrich wrote, “I seriously wonder what it would take just to get every patriot marching around the Capitol armed? Just to show our government how powerless they are!”

He went on to say he made his peace with God before joining the group.

Leading up to the event, Ulrich and others used coded and private forms of communication and were equipped with multiple weapons and combat gear. Once he learned the Capitol had been breached, Ulrich and others headed there on golf carts and he entered the building at 3:22 p.m.