Florida man accused of being in Capitol riots was arrested at the inauguration, DOJ says
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Updated: 12:14 PM CST Jan 22, 2021
By Amir Vera and Katelyn Polantz
Florida man accused of being in Capitol riots was arrested at the inauguration, DOJ says
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Updated: 12:14 PM CST Jan 22, 2021
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the probe into the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol is escalating. The threat of right wing extremism is here, right, and we saw it on January 6th on Git will continue to be a persistent and riel threat to the District of Columbia. About 120 suspects have been arrested, including Michael Foy of Michigan, who prosecutors allege is seen in this video striking police officers with a hockey stick during the riot. Anybody involved with that should be prosecuted. I've been very, very clear about that from day one. Joseph Biggs of Florida and a member of the Proud Boys Extremist group, is also facing federal charges. Additionally, official state that images indicate Biggs carried a walkie talkie device, possibly to communicate with others during the siege. Definitely, there was a element that came prepared and was looking to do know various things. Seven Democratic senators have filed an ethics complaint against Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Holly to see if their actions played any role in the attack or violated ethics rules. If people did aid in a bed, there will be more than just, uh, comments from their colleagues here. There'll be prosecution cruise and Holly have blasted the complaint as political. And now the director of the U. S. Army staff is admitting he may have expressed some concern about the optics of sending more troops to the capital. When D. C. Government and U. S Capitol police were asking for them, I'm John Lawrence reporting.