Montana businessman arrested in US Capitol breach
March 17, 2021 GMT
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) A southwestern Montana businessman has been arrested in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach that happened while Congress was certifying the Electoral College vote.
The FBI arrested Andrew Cavanaugh of Bozeman on Tuesday on charges that he entered and remained in the Capitol, a restricted building, and participated in disorderly conduct, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.
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Cavanaugh wore a hat with the name of his business on it while participating in the riots, court records said.
A phone message left at his firearms training academy, Tactical Citizen in Belgrade, was not immediately returned Wednesday. Court records don’t indicate when he is scheduled to make a court appearance or if he has an attorney.
Montana businessman arrested in US Capitol breach
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Photo of Boyd Allen Camper from an FBI affidavit charging him for involvement in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
A fifth Montanan now faces federal charges for his alleged involvement with the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
The federal government has charged Boyd Allen Camper on four counts, including disorderly or disruptive conduct on the Capitol Building or grounds, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in Capitol buildings.
Court records do not list a home town for Camper.
Security camera image of Boyd Allen Camper from an FBI affidavit charging him for involvement in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The defendant appeared in a widely-shared CBS News interview the day after the riot.
“You were inside the Capitol?” a reporter asks.
To which Camper responds: “I was on the front line.”
“We’re going to take this damn place,” he adds later. “If you haven’t heard it’s called the insurrection act and we the people are ready.”
The FBI cited Camper’s CBS News appearance in its seven-page criminal complaint.
“Camper confirmed his presence inside the Capitol Building during a video interview with CBS News that was subsequently posted online,” the court papers read. “In the video, the interviewer introduced a person on the grounds outside the Capitol building as Boyd Camper from Montana. Wearing a blue jacket and camouflage hat, Camper acknowledged that he was inside of the Capitol.”