Oklahoma man charged with taking part in US Capitol invasion
January 23, 2021 GMT
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) A 23-year-old Oklahoma man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol this month by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
Andrew Craig Ericson, of Muskogee, was arrested Friday. Authorities allege that he livestreamed video of himself entering the building with other rioters and taking beer out of a Capitol refrigerator, and that he posted photos online of himself posing in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
The FBI began investigating Ericson after a witness sent screengrabs or photos of Ericson’s Snapchat account that showed him inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 invasion to U.S. Attorney Trent Shores in Tulsa, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. Investigators were able to determine the photographs of Ericson, including one in which he had his feet propped up on a conference room table, were taken inside the House speake
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Federal prosecutors and support staff from every corner of the country are in Oklahoma helping U.S. Attorneys offices that are so overwhelmed with case work because of the Supreme Court s McGirt ruling.
Laurie Reiley moved here sight unseen from Pennsylvania. It s nothing what I expected. It s way more eclectic, Reiley said.
Mara Hern picked up and moved from Florida. I ve never been to Tulsa, said Hern. I love downtown. It s just very historical. I love the buildings and you know the cleanliness of it.
Justin Bish is from New York. He s spending his free time outside.
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Tribe leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations want Congress to allow them to make agreements with the state of Oklahoma in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding criminal jurisdictions.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the decision which ruled that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against Native American defendants in parts of the state affirmed that the reservations of the Five Tribes were never disestablished. He said Congress should protect that ruling and give tribes and the state the power to enter compacts regarding criminal jurisdiction.
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China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping has resorted to almost every dirty trick and illegal activity to become a heavyweight in the international arena. One of the ways that China has advanced towards its goals in recent years, is through theft. It is not about the theft of goods and commodities, rather about the theft of ideas, research and key technologies. Christopher Wray, director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, on 7 July 2020, said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was “doing all it can to exploit the openness” of democracies by stealing research. There are several methods that the CCP and the Chinese government employs to steal valuable research, data and critical technologies from other nations. Some examples of