Claiming to be innocent would be seen as obstructing the government. Probably a felony right there.
That's what the female judge in the Alex Jone's billion dollar lawsuit did. She denied him a jury trial and "deemed" him guilty, then empaneled a jury to decide how many billions of dollars he should be forced to pay to New Town parents. Those parents didn't even know anything about Alex Jones until the ambulance chasers recruited them five yeas later, so it is hard to see how they were harmed.
PS - In seven years of three hours a day, five days a week programs, New Town was a topic for a total of forty minutes.