There will be change of plea for two Chicago-area brothers charged with battering police in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The ABC7 I-Team has learned Daniel Leyden, 55, of Chicago, and his brother, Joseph Leyden, 56, of west suburban La Grange have planned guilty plea deals with federal prosecutors in a couple weeks.
Both men are facing felony counts of interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder along with four misdemeanors. Daniel is accused of repeatedly lifting and pushing a barricade that contributed to officers' injuries, including one who was left unconscious. Right after they were arrested last summer, ABC7's chief legal analyst and former federal prosecutor in Chicago Gil Soffer weighed in on the cases.
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