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A Chicago-area tech CEO was arrested and charged with unlawful entry for entering the US Capitol building in the riots on Wednesday, the US Capitol Police said on Thursday.
Bradley F. Rukstales from Inverness, Illinois, has been the CEO of Cogensia, a Chicago-area marketing data company, for 19 years, per his LinkedIn profile.
In a statement, Rukstales apologized for entering the Capitol, calling it the single worst personal decision of my life.
At the riots in Washington, DC, which were egged on by repeated false claims by President Trump that the election was stolen from him, thousands of the president s supporters violently clashed with police and stormed the US Capitol Building, leaving behind broken windows and vandalized offices.
An Inverness man and a Roselle man were among the dozens arrested after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday and forced Congress to stop counting the Electoral College votes confirming Joe Biden s status as president-elect.
Updated 1/8/2021 11:39 AM
An Inverness man and a Roselle man were among the dozens arrested after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, forcing Congress to stop counting the Electoral College votes confirming Joe Biden s status as president-elect.
Bradley F. Rukstales of Inverness was arrested and charged with unlawful entry, according to a news release from the U.S. Capitol Police. WBEZ reported that Rukstales is the chief executive officer of the consulting company Cogensia, which is based in Schaumburg.
In a moment of extremely poor judgment following the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, I followed hundreds of others through an open set of doors to the Capitol building to see what was taking place inside, Rukstales said in a statement released Thursday night. My decision to enter the Capitol was wrong, and I am deeply regretful to have done so, Rukstales said. I condemn the violence and destruction that took place in Washington.