Derrick Evans had just been elected as a state delegate when he livestreamed himself pushing inside the US Capitol, screaming his own name, according to prosecutors.
“We’re in, we’re in!” Evans shouted in the livestream, according to his plea agreement. “Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!”
Prosecutors also say Evans encouraged other people to swarm the building, at one point saying, “If (Vice President Mike) Pence betrays us, you better get your mind right because we’re storming that building.”
The felony, a civil disorder charge, could result in up to five years in prison, though it is unlikely Evans will be given the statutory maximum when he is sentenced in June. Evans has also agreed to pay $2,000 in restitution for damage done to the Capitol building by the mob.
Evans was arrested two days after the riot, and later resigned his seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates.
More than 225 people have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the insurrection.