Adam KlasfeldJan 19th, 2021, 8:07 pm
A federal judge has blocked the release of a white supremacist U.S. Army Reservist whom prosecutors warned would pose a “potentially catastrophic risk of danger to the community” if let out of jail, as was previously ordered on the eve of President-elect
Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli‘s hateful ideology and violent fantasies are detailed at length in court papers, which show that authorities found copies of
Adolf Hitler’s
William Luther Pierce’s
The Turner Diaries in his apartment.
Both antisemitic tracts have been tied to atrocities: Hitler’s led to the genocide of six million Jews during the Holocaust, and Pierce’s book depicting the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, bombing of an FBI building, and precipitating of a race war inspired Oklahoma City bomber
Army Reserve Sergeant Charged in Capitol Riots Alleged to Be White Supremacist
Supporters of President Donald Trump march on Pennsylvania Avenue towards the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
19 Jan 2021
An Army Reserve sergeant and alleged white supremacist who had secret clearance for contract work at a Navy weapons station has been arrested on multiple charges stemming from the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, according to federal authorities.
A criminal complaint filed Friday by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleges that Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 30, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, was among the rioters inside the Capitol, gave directions to the mob, and harassed and verbally abused U.S. Capitol Police.
NJ Army Reservist, federal contractor arrested after Capitol riot
A U.S. Army Reserve member and federal military contractor from Monmouth County is among the latest federal arrests stemming from the deadly insurrection at the Capitol.
Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, of Colts Neck, works as a contractor at Naval Weapons Station Earle, according to an affidavit filed by the FBI on Friday, as first reported by The Daily Beast.
The same affidavit cited a confidential source who described Hale-Cusanelli as an avowed white supremacist & Nazi sympathizer who posted videos offering extreme political opinions and viewpoints as The Based Hermes Show.
As of Sunday, existing Facebook and Instagram accounts also be the name The Based Hermes Show were no longer available on those social media networks.
Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, an Army reservist, was arrested after he admitted to entering the US Capitol and encouraging other members of the mob to “advance," federal authorities said.