FREDERICK COUNTY, Va. ( DC News Now ) — A Frederick County school board member, who was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot , said he will not resign, despite calls from critics.
“There’s no quitting me,” said Miles Adkins, who represents the Shawnee District. “You have ups and downs in your life. You get knocked down every now and then, but you get back up, come back swinging. There’s no chance that I’m getting out of there.”
Adkins pleaded guilty Monday to two federal misdemeanors and was sentenced to 12 days in jail, to be served over multiple weekends, a fine and restitution.
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Among other things, the FBI said once Adkins was in the Capitol, he waved other rioters into the building and helped one person climb into the building through a broken window.
Investigators said Adkins could be seen with a large, canned beverage at one point and that he later acknowledged it was he in a message on social media, “bragging that he drank a Coors Lite beer in the U.S. Capitol building.”