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January 8, 2021 6:49 p.m.
Nick Ochs, a Hawaii resident and member of the right-wing street gang the Proud Boys, had a grand ol’ time inside the nation’s Capitol Wednesday.
Part of the wave of hundreds of would-be insurrectionists who stormed the legislature, he tweeted a picture of himself in the halls of Congress smoking cigarettes with a friend.
Afterward, Ochs allegedly admitted what he’d done to CNN. “I just walked in and filmed,” he said, a quote that perked federal prosecutors’ ears.
Ochs (pictured below, right) is one of around 50 people that have been charged so far in connection with the Capitol breach, according to court documents and a DOJ press release Friday.
Hawaii Proud Boy leader Nick Ochs arrested after Capitol siege
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Police intervenes in US President Donald Trumps supporters who breached security and entered the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021.Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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The FBI wants the public s help to identify people involved in Wednesday s violence at the U.S. Capitol.Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Nick Ochs, the leader of the Proud Boys Hawaii chapter, was arrested by federal authorities Friday in connection with Trump supporters deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol to halt Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden s Electoral College victory.
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In the wake of the riot in D.C., in which a mob stormed the Capitol building, forcing the evacuation of lawmakers and leaving five people dead, law enforcement has brought charges against a series of the rioters.
Many of those spotted at the protest, some of whom have already been arrested, are known online as prominent supporters of President
Donald Trump. Thousands of his supporters were assembled in D.C. for a protest of the certification of
Joe Biden’s win. They attended a Trump rally, where the president told them to head to the Capitol building to protest. There, the large group overwhelmed police and broke into the Capitol building. Officials said the mob, clad in MAGA hats and waving Trump flags, attacked police with metal pipes, chemical irritants and other weapons.