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A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol Building in Washington January 6, 2021. Reuters pic
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WASHINGTON, Jan 30 US law enforcement agents found bomb-making instructions inside the home of a member of the extremist group the Proud Boys, who was charged with participating in the January 6 siege of the Capitol, prosecutors said in a court filing yesterday.
Dominic Pezzola, 43, had “weapons and bomb-making manuals” on a thumb drive device found within his home near Rochester, New York, prosecutors said in a brief arguing he should be jailed pending trial.
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Prosecutors allege these images show (L) Dominic Pezzola breaking into the Capitol with a riot shield, and (R) smoking a cigar inside the building. US Department of Justice
Prosecutors said Dominic Pezzola was the cigar-smoking insurrectionist from January 20.
He has been indicted on numerous charges.
The bearded, cigar-smoking Proud Boys member who led the Capitol s invasion by a pro-Trump mob had manuals for making bombs, guns, and poisons on a thumb drive, federal prosecutors allege.
Dominic Pezzola, 43, was among the first rioters to charge the police lines during the Capitol s insurrection following a pro-Trump rally on January 6, court documents say.
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agents found bomb-making instructions inside the home of a member of the extremist group the Proud Boys,.
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agents found bomb-making instructions inside the home of a member of the extremist group the Proud Boys,.
By Jan Wolfe
(Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agents found bomb-making instructions inside the home of a member of the extremist group the Proud Boys, who was charged with participating in the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday.
Dominic Pezzola, 43, had weapons- and bomb-making manuals on a thumb drive device found within his home near Rochester, New York, prosecutors said in a brief arguing he should be jailed pending trial.
More than 135 people have been arrested so far in connection with the Jan. 6 breach by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, which left five people dead and sent members of Congress rushing to safety.