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Originally published on January 30, 2021 7:44 am
A Missouri man arrested Thursday in connection with the riot in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was observed livestreaming himself in the building on Facebook, according to charging documents.
A criminal complaint filed on Jan. 21 in federal court in Washington, D.C., charges Zachary Hayes Martin with accessing restricted buildings or grounds, unlawful activities on Capitol grounds, disorderly conduct and demonstrating in the Capitol building.
The FBI said in a brief statement Thursday that Martin had been taken into custody without incident in Springfield, Missouri.
A probable cause affidavit filed by an unidentified FBI agent in support of the criminal complaint cited five witnesses as saying they observed Martin livestreaming a video of himself in the Capitol building on Jan. 6. The Facebook account is no longer available, and the affidavit said that Martin’s Facebook account “was likely closed” after Jan. 6.