Harley Breite told the outlet that his brother didn’t know about his actions at the Capitol.
“My client’s brother has nothing to do with the allegations against my client and was not made aware – nor was aware – that my client may have even traveled to the Capitol.”
Videos taken on the day of the attack and sent to the FBI captured Fairlamb reportedly punching and pushing a police officer outside of a building.
Fairlamb, who owns a gym in New Jersey, joins the more than one hundred people arrested in connection with the Capitol siege so far.
The DOJ and FBI are coordinating efforts to arrest those who breached the federal building in an attempt to overturn the election results.