On Friday, the ministry had already announced thirteen indictments for trespass and disorder, and the arrest of Richard Barnett, a pro-gun activist photographed with his foot on Nancy Pelosi’s desk.
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Three of the pro-Trump protesters whose photos have toured the world since their violent intrusion on Capitol Hill on Wednesday have been arrested and charged, announced, Saturday, January 9, the Department of Justice.
Jacob Anthony Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, the shirtless, buffalo horned conspirator and painted who had magnetized photographers and cameras around the world Capitol, was arrested and charged with unlawful trespassing and violent conduct on Capitol Hill, the ministry said in a statement.
“This individual was armed with a two-meter-long lance with a flag American tied just under the blade, ”the statement said. The indictment states that Chansley called the FBI Thursday to confirm his presence on Capitol Hill. He claimed he was “part of a group action responding, along with other Arizona ‘patriots’, to a call from the president for all ‘patriots’ to come to Washington on June 6.”
Originally from Arizona, this thirty-something, who calls himself a “spiritual warrior” and calls himself “The Wolf of Yellowstone “, has already been seen numerous times during pro-Trump protests in Phoenix in recent months, systematically sporting his famous headdress. He presents himself as a “digital soldier of QAnon”, the conspiracy movement of which Donald Trump is the hero and who saw Wednesday’s intrusion as a triumph.
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Adam Johnson, the 30-year-old in the Trump hat pictured all smiles carrying the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested in Florida on Friday. He was charged with the same counts but also with theft, although Ms Pelosi’s desk was found the next day, abandoned in a hallway.
Finally Derrick Evans, an elected member of the State Parliament of West Virginia, who had filmed himself forcibly breaking into Congress shouting “Derrick Evans is on Capitol Hill!” Was arrested Friday at his home and charged Saturday with unlawful trespassing and violent conduct.
The local elected official, who announced his resignation on Saturday, had broadcast his exploits live on his Facebook account and the indictment quotes him when he pushes people around him to force the doors of the Capitol by shouting “come on, come on!”, then when he cries: “We are in the place!”
Later, the elected official posted a statement on Facebook claiming that he had not participated in any degradation and had only entered the Capitol as an “independent member of the media, for fi lmer the History “.
Already thirteen indictments
The three indictments highlight that the defendants illegally entered a federal building” when Vice President Mike Pence was present, “which worsens their case.
On Friday, the ministry had already announced thirteen indictments for trespassing and disorder, and the arrest in Arkansas of Richard Barnett, a pro-gun activist pictured on foot on Nancy Pelosi’s desk. Before leaving, he left an insulting little note for the Democratic leader in Congress.
Among the people pursued are a man who had eleven molotov cocktails in a vehicle parked near Congress, another who punched a Capitol policeman while forcing his way through, and a third entered with a loaded gun. ‘Congress precinct.