SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-based founder of a local security company is awaiting sentencing Wednesday after pleading guilty to federal charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach.
Jonathan Humphreys admitted entering the Capitol building through a broken window and refusing to leave when police officers attempted to push him and others out of the Rotunda.
Humphreys, who was seen on surveillance footage captured by cameras throughout the Capitol, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to counts of disorderly conduct in a capitol building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building. He's set to be sentenced in February by a federal judge in Washington D.C.
Investigators questioned Humphreys in November of 2021, and he explained that he and several of his employees were in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 for work purposes on behalf of his company, Humphreys National Security Company.
He declined to elaborate on the nature of his business contract in Washington D.C., citing a non-disclosure agreement. However, he said he had "plans" in case anyone entered the Capitol building, but "plans changed a couple times."
According to a statement of offense -- a court document that outlines the facts pertaining to a defendant's guilty plea -- Humphreys attended a rally at the National Mall protesting the certification of the 2020 presidential election results and "knew that Congress was in session that day for that purpose."
After rioters broke through barricades and entered the Capitol, Humphreys joined them and later jumped through a broken window next to the Senate Wing doors.
"When he entered the building, an alarm was blaring loudly. Humphreys knew that he did not have lawful authority to enter the building," the document states.
He walked through various parts of the building and ended up in the Rotunda, where a line of officers were trying to push the crowd of rioters out of the building. The statement of offense says Humphreys turned his back to the officers and refused to move, forcing officers to push him and others back.
