MAGA rioter boasts of his 'high IQ' before asking judge for permission to fight prison guards

An accused Capitol rioter got into a tense exchange with a federal judge during a status conference in his case on Thursday afternoon.

The incident began when Josiah Kenyon asked U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols for permission to speak during the hearing, according to a report from Politico's Kyle Cheney.

After Nichols warned that Kenyon might want to consult with his attorney first, Kenyon shot back: "I have a high enough IQ range to not screw up there, boss."

Kenyon then proceeded to ask Nichols to "acknowledge that he had a right to defend himself if prison guards in DC tried to assault him," Cheney reported.

"I’m not making any finding one way or another about that," Nichols responded.

"Okey-doke," Kenyon said.

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Finally, at the end of the hearing, Nichols asked Kenyon if he had any other issues to raise.

"My wife and children homeless on the street. Have a wonderful day," Kenyon told the judge.

Kenyon is accused of assaulting police with several objects — including a table leg with a protruding nail — during the Jan. 6 insurrection. According to the Department of Justice, Kenyon wore a Jack Skellington costume, based on a character from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, to the Capitol.

He was arrested in December after authorities found him hiding out in a travel trailer with a cache of weapons. Kenyon and his wife, Elizabeth, reportedly were charged with child endangerment after being found in the unheated trailer in the Nevada foothills.