Prosecutors said Daniel Christmann posted images online that showed him inside the Capitol.
Daniel Christmann, who was arrested at his home Wednesday morning, also sought the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination.Credit...Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times
July 28, 2021
A day after police officers told a House panel in riveting detail about the vicious assaults they faced during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, federal authorities on Wednesday charged a Brooklyn plumber — himself a former candidate for office — with being in the angry mob.
The plumber, Daniel Christmann, attracted scrutiny after posting images online that showed him inside the Capitol and telling associates he had stormed the halls of Congress and had been “scaling walls,” according to court documents. Asked by a friend whether he had entered the building, Mr. Christmann said, according to the documents, “How could I not?”