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increase font size Plea negotiations have begun for Maine man charged in Capitol riot Kyle Fitzsimons of Lebanon, who has been assigned a new public defender, is the only Maine resident charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot. Share Federal prosecutors have started plea negotiations with the Maine man who was charged for his alleged participation in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. The FBI released this photograph of Kyle Fitzsimons. The image was taken from a security camera at the Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6. Federal court documents More than 400 people have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection. So far, Fitzsimons is the only Maine resident to face federal prosecution for allegedly joining the riot with supporters of former President Donald Trump. Glen Mitchell “Mitch” Simon, who is originally from Minot but later moved to Georgia, was also arrested and has pleaded not guilty to four federal misdemeanor c ....
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Maine man charged in Capitol riot will remain in D.C. jail, judge says Kyle Fitzsimons asked to be released on bail while awaiting trial, but a judge cites video evidence from the riot in ordering him to remain in detention. Share A federal judge in the District of Columbia has ordered a Maine man held in jail there while he awaits trial on charges stemming from the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. “What I see is someone who has very passionately held beliefs, perhaps abnormally so, and it appears they can get the best of you, that you can lose control and you can become violent,” U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey said to Kyle Fitzsimons of Lebanon during a virtual hearing in Washington on Wednesday. “You are like a bomb waiting to go off. … The bomb did go off on Jan. 6.” ....