Fifteen people charged over Capitol violence as police release images to public
Most have been charged with illegal entry into restricted buildings of Congress and violent or disorderly conduct. By AFP Saturday 9 Jan 2021, 12:22 PM Jan 9th 2021, 12:22 PM 39,070 Views 71 Comments
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THE US JUSTICE Department has announced that it has charged 15 people involved in the assault on Congress, including one man accused of possessing bombs made to act like “homemade napalm.”
However, Ken Kohl, a federal prosecutor with the Washington US attorney’s office, said they did not expect to charge anyone with “incitement” or “insurrection” in Wednesday’s violence, amid calls for legal action against President Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others for en
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The United States Department of Justice has released the names of 13 individuals who have been charged in federal court in the District of Columbia following the riots at the U.S Capitol in Washington D.C. According to the statement released on January 8, approximately 40 have been charged in the Superior Court for offenses including, but not limited to, unlawful entry, curfew violations, and firearms-related crimes.
In addition to the above charges and arrests, several more complaints have been submitted with the investigations being jointly carried out by the FBI; U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; United States Marshals Service; U.S. Capitol Police Department; and the Metropolitan Police Department. The cases are being prosecuted by the U.S Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
Federal authorities are working hard to locate and arrest people involved in Wednesday's riot in which a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building as lawmakers tried to certify the Electoral College results.
WASHINGTON Three supporters of President Donald Trump who allegedly rioted at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday now face several federal charges, including a man photographed carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s lectern, the horned QAnon promoter and a West Virginia lawmaker.
The U.S. attorney s office for D.C., which handles both local and federal cases in the district, had filed 17 cases in federal court and at least 40 others in the Superior Court by Saturday. Prosecutors can generally secure longer convictions in federal court.
Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a.
Jake Angeli, of Arizona, was taken into custody Saturday and charged with entering restricted federal property and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
West Virginia State House member Derrick Evans, 35, was arrested Friday
He was charged with entering a restricted public building and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds in connection with the Capitol riots
The Department of Justice announced on a call on Friday that they d charged 13 people over Wednesday s riot
Among them is Richard Barnett, 60, who was pictured with his feet on Speaker Nancy Pelosi s desk
He was taken into custody at his home in Arkansas, and remains behind bars
Lonnie Coffman, 70, was also taken into custody after bringing two handguns, a rifle and 11 Molotov cocktails to the riot in his red GMC van