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A La Crosse County man accused of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol building during a Jan. 6 riot is the fourth active-duty military member charged in the incident.
Abram Markofski, 24, was charged Monday in federal court with entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, violent entry/disorderly conduct, and parading, demonstrating or picketing inside a capitol building.Â
A video of still of Abram Markofski inside the U.S. capitol building Jan. 6. Steve Rundio
The criminal complaint says Markofski and 29-year-old Brandon Nelson of Dane County traveled to Washington, D.C., together Jan. 5 and stayed overnight. The following day, they attended a speech given by then-President Donald Trump and were part of a large crowd that descended on the Capitol. The crowd was protesting the certification of Electoral College votes that confirmed Joe Biden s victory over Trump in the Nov. 3, 20
Arrest of Wisconsin National Guardsmen marks fourth currently enlisted soldier charged in January 6 attack on Capitol
On Monday, May 3, the US Justice Department arrested and charged Wisconsin National Guardsmen Abram Markofski with attacking the Capitol on January 6, making him the fourth active soldier to be charged for their role in the attempted coup.
Previously arrested active soldiers who participated in the attack include neo-Nazi Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, one of two Army reservists arrested, and a former Rocky Mount police officer and corporal in the Virginia National Guard, Jacob Fracker.
Trump supporters storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The Justice Department has charged a soldier in the Wisconsin National Guard for storming the US Capitol building during the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Abram Markofski, along with an associate, is alleged to have travelled to Washington DC to attend a rally held by then-president Donald Trump.
The rally was held in protest of the certification of the 2020 presidential election, which saw Democrat and now-president Joe Biden beat his Republican rival.
Investigators say that after the so called Save America rally held on the Ellipse between the White House and Washington Monument, Markofski and associate Brandon Nelson walked to the Capitol building.