An Orange County man accused of entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and stealing a “Do Not Enter” sign has agreed to a plea deal.
Philip Edward Kramer, identified in court records as a Yorba Linda resident and the employee of an unnamed Paramount business, pleaded guilty Thursday to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, according to court records.
Kramer’s plea agreement indicates that he faces up to six months behind bars, while the other criminal counts he was facing – including violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and theft of government property – will be dismissed.
Kramer in a brief phone interview with a Register reporter shortly after he was indicted in May said he “did nothing wrong,” explaining he was in Washington D.C “for the right reasons, not the wrong reasons.”
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The FBI reportedly received an anonymous tip that after returning to work Kramer spoke to co-workers about being involved in the Capitol riot, allegedly saying he bought a “2X4” to break into the Capitol building.
During several in-person meetings with an FBI agent, Kramer reportedly admitted to entering the Capitol building, saying he was pushed in by the crowd as he recorded the scene on his cell phone. Kramer also acknowledged to the FBI agent that he brought a snowboard helmet in a backpack and a walking cane which he “intended to use if he was involved in an altercation,” according to court records.
Kramer later called the FBI back to add that he had taken a “Do Not Enter” sign from the Capitol and brought it back to California, later throwing it away after realizing he “should not have taken the sign as souvenir,” an agent wrote in a sworn statement. As part of the plea deal, Kramer admitted swiping the sign.
Kramer is scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom in Washington D.C. for sentencing on April 7.
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