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Despite the lack of major protests last weekend and no “specific, credible threats” identified in Connecticut, law enforcement officials said they plan to continue their security measures through Wednesday’s mid-day inauguration out of an abundance of caution.
Lightning rod for being threatened : West Hartford official faces backlash for Facebook comment before Capitol protest
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View of West Hartford Town Hall in West Hartford, Conn., on Thursday Jan. 7, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
WEST HARTFORD Republican Town Council member Mary Fay described it as a “benign” comment left on a friend’s Facebook page before the protest that turned violent in Washington.
But following the remark supporting former West Hartford Town Council member Joe Visconti as he prepared to attend the event and a statement released by Mayor Shari Cantor and town council minority leader Lee Gold, Fay said in a council meeting this week she’d become “a lightning rod for being threatened.”
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Federal authorities continued Tuesday to round up people following a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week and to file new charges against others who had already been arrested.
Authorities said they kept a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia tied up for hours on Tuesday as they prepared to file more charges in what acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin called an unprecedented investigation.
Home state: Pennsylvania
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and obstruction of an official proceeding
What happened
Vorous posted a photo on Facebook of himself inside the Capitol, standing in front of a bust of Abraham Lincoln, wearing a T-shirt that read NOT TODAY LIBERAL in white letters, while holding a red, white and blue cowboy hat, according to court documents. When Vorous posted the photo, according to the FBI, he asked if it looked staged and added: I promise the beanbags were real the mase [sic] is still burning on me aft a shower and 6hrs, the gas was real the flash grenades were also real.