Capitol Chaos: N.Y. Court Employee Brendan Hunt Accused Of Making Threats Against Elected Officials
CBS New York 1/20/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Twelve National Guard members have been removed from the security operation at the U.S. Capitol due to fears of insider attacks.
Officials said Tuesday an FBI background check found they had ties to right wing militia groups, or posted extremist views online.
They added there was no threat to President-elect Joe Biden, who is set to be inaugurated on Wednesday.
The FBI is vetting all 25,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington D.C.
Nicolas Moncada, who was a student at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, was busted after investigators discovered his live-streamed videos from inside the capitol, a law enforcement source told the Daily News.
Federal authorities arrested a retired firefighter and a fashion student, both from New York, and a man from Iowa on Monday in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, according to the FBI and court documents.
Federal authorities arrested a retired firefighter and a fashion student, both from New York, and a man from Iowa on Monday in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, according to the FBI and court documents. Nicolas Moncada, a 20-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, was arrested at his home in Staten Island early on Monday, the FBI said. The school shared information with the FBI about a social media post showing him at the.