Image: Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire via Newscom (ABC News) –Retired military servicemen are turning up in alarming numbers on wanted posters and in charging documents as federal agents continue their sweep of arrests tied to the deadly riot at the Capitol last week, a trend that has experts increasingly concerned about the dangerous allure of extremist and paramilitary.
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Pushed to the edge by the Capitol riot, people are reporting their family and friends to the FBI
Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas, The Washington Post
Jan. 16, 2021
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Tear gas is fired at a pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein.
WASHSINGTON - When a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Leslie hoped that this would be her Trump-supporting parents wake-up call. She hoped they were watching, maybe feeling ashamed.
Then, a friend called. Do you know already? the friend said, and Leslie wondered briefly if someone had died.
The politically liberal 35-year-old cried about the screenshots from her mother s Facebook page, posts defending the pro-Trump crowds and suggesting that Leslie s mom made it at least to the Capitol s steps. Then she reported her mom to the FBI - because "actions," she said, "should have consequences."
Nearly a dozen ex-military members among those arrested in connection with Capitol riot
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US Capitol riots: Tracking the insurrection
On Jan. 6, rioters coming from a pro-Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol, resulting in deaths, injuries, arrests and vandalism.Win Mcnamee/Getty Images
Retired military servicemen are turning up in alarming numbers on wanted posters and in charging documents as federal agents continue their sweep of arrests tied to the deadly riot at the Capitol last week, a trend that has experts increasingly concerned about the dangerous allure of extremist and paramilitary groups.
So far at least nine of those arrested for participating in the riot have been confirmed to be former members of the U.S. military, ABC News has confirmed through court files, lawyer statements, and military records.