Capitol Riot arrests (3 Viewers)

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Figured we should start a separate thread on the arrests and those involved in the storming of the Capitol. I know it has been talked about in the other thread a lot, but for the ones who just want to follow the ones arrested and/or charged, this will be an easier way to see updates on the investigations.

Link below is everyone who has been arrested. But we know there will be more.

Capitol Breach Cases

www.justice.gov

The website seems to be updated with new information daily.

The ones who are getting the most air time:

Notable Arrests After the Riot at the Capitol (Published 2021)

Dozens have been charged since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

www.nytimes.com

Jake Angeli

Adam Johnson

Richard Barnett

Kevin Seefried

Eric Gavelek Munchel

Larry R. Brock
Lisa Eisenhart
Robert Keith Packer
Klete Keller
Aaron Mostofsky
Anthime Joseph Gionet
Peter Francis Stager
Christine Priola

 

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ELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana appliance store owner and supporter of former President Donald Trump was convicted Wednesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol that interrupted certifying the 2020 Electoral College vote.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Montana announced the verdict.

Henry Phillip Muntzer of Dillon was arrested based on social media posts and videos taken inside the Capitol, according to court records.

Muntzer, 55, was found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding and civil disorder, both felonies, following a bench trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jia M. Cobb. Muntzer was also found guilty of four misdemeanor charges. Sentencing is set for June 20.

Prosecutors presented evidence that Muntzer and a group of friends traveled to Washington to attend the “Stop the Steal" rally. After Trump's speech at the Ellipse, Muntzer joined the crowd walking to the Capitol, where he spent about 38 minutes, including time on the Senate floor. He was among the last people to leave, according to court records.

Muntzer was involved in physical confrontations with law enforcement officers in the Senate chamber and in the Capitol Rotunda, prosecutors said...........

MSN

 

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The federal court in Washington, D.C. has been pushing back against conspiracy theories that are still circulating about Jan. 6.

Judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia are confronting claims by Jan. 6 defendants and their supporters and are being more outspoken when it comes to countering the claims, which include the labeling of Jan. 6 defendants as "hostages," or claims that the Capitol riot was sparked by government informants.

One of those judges is Royce Lamberth, who declared during a sentencing hearing for a Jan. 6 defendant that the court "is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong."

"But in my 37 years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream," Lamberth said.

"I have been dismayed to see outright distortions and outright falsehoods creep into the public consciousness," Lamberth continued. "I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved in an orderly fashion like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted Jan. 6 defendants as political prisoners or even, incredibly, hostages. That is all preposterous."

At another sentencing hearing last month, Judge Ana Reyes slammed rioters who compared themselves to America's Founding Fathers.

"I feel the need to give everyone a certain history lesson. Because there are people who believe and continue to believe that the election was stolen and that it is in the best tradition of our American Founding Fathers to rebel against tyranny," she said.

"I suggest that you read President Washington's farewell address. Because in it he warned Americans to 'guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.' And he warned, 'There will always be reasons to distrust the patriotism who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken the bonds of our democratic experiment,'" Reyes continued............

MSN

 

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.........Sparks’ identity was first made known to police a day after the Capitol assault. An individual called the FBI’s National Threat Operation Center and identified him as the first rioter inside. On Jan. 8, 2021, the tipster was interviewed and disclosed that she had heard Sparks discuss plans to travel to Washington, D.C., for Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally.

“This time we’re going to shut it down,” Sparks had said, according to the woman.

A few days later, as police began poring over the footage of the first rioters to breach, and in particular, footage of those rioters who chased Goodman through the building, prosecutors said they saw and heard Sparks on recordings telling officers to leave their posts and pointing his finger in their faces.

A second and then a third tipster also reported Sparks to the FBI when in the days after Jan. 6 he took to Facebook to post pro-Trump messages.

“A new dawn is coming. Be ready. Just pray and trust in the Lord,” he wrote.

In another Facebook post, Sparks added: “TRUMP WILL BE YOUR PRESIDENT 4 more years in JESUS NAME. No need to reply to this just be ready for a lot of big events. Have radios for power loss etc. Love every body.”

He was arrested on Jan. 19, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all charges.

At his criminal trial this month, jurors heard about Sparks’ steady obsession with Trump’s bogus claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, NBC reported. By the time now-President Joe Biden was declared the victor in November, Sparks was online crowing about the former president and chatting on Parler about reports of fraud.

He also came to Washington, D.C., ahead of Jan. 6. He was in town for the Dec. 12, 2020, “Stop the Steal” rally that turned violent that night as Proud Boys and counterprotesters clashed in the street. Sparks reportedly only recorded and watched a speech from Trump ally and “MyPillow Guy” Mike Lindell.


As the weeks flicked past, Sparks was increasingly active on social media, posting missives about voter “fraud” and encouraging others through his own fierce rhetoric to reject the results.

On Jan. 1, 2021, Sparks started openly declaring the need for violent conflict.

“Yes we want a civil war to be clear,” he wrote on Parler, NBC reported.

Sparks was ready to die for Trump as well. At least, that’s what he proclaimed on his Facebook account: “The votes were stolen. You will have time to fight for what you believe in, As for me I believe in the constitution so I’ll die fir it. Trump is my president.”

Sparks defense attorney Scott Wendelsdorf conceded that his client was guilty of misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct but at trial, the lawyer maintained that Sparks had merely been overzealous and ultimately led astray on Jan. 6.

He was being blamed for violence he didn’t commit and he left the Capitol once he realized that the rioters weren’t going to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn Trump’s defeat.

“Sparks may have started the game, according to the government, but he was out of the game on the sidelines before the first quarter was over,” Wendelsdorf told the jury, the AP reported.

Prosecutors, however, rebuffed this as naive, noting how three days before the Capitol attack, he boasted on Facebook about how it was “time to drag” lawmakers out of Congress “by there face.” He boasted about his plans for violence to his friends in text messages.

Sparks had also come to Washington, D.C., with a friend and co-worker, Joseph Howe, and together, donning tactical gear, the men attended Trump’s rally before they hauled off toward the Capitol to stop lawmakers from certifying the election.

Howe, according to the Justice Department, was sentenced in October on two felony counts after he struck a plea deal in August 2023 to obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers. He was seen in footage roving through the Capitol, grabbing a fire extinguisher and then spraying it at police directly in their faces.

Sparks will be sentenced July 9 before U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly, a Trump appointee..............

'We want a civil war to be clear': First Jan. 6 defendant to breach the Capitol found guilty

After a week long trial. the very first rioter to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Kentucky resident Michael Sparks, was found guilty on six counts including obstruction of an official proceeding.

lawandcrime.com

 

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has, for a second time, postponed sentencing for a former Columbus resident who has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Sentencing for former heavy metal musician and Columbus resident Jon Schaffer had been scheduled for April 5, but U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta recently pushed back the hearing until July 19, according to filings in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

The decision comes after Schaffer had asked the court to delay sentencing until September following a decision earlier this month by a federal appeals court to overturn a sentencing enhancement used to help determine another Jan. 6 defendant’s punishment.

It also comes after the Supreme Court decided it would weigh in on the scope of the felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding — one of two charges that Schaffer pleaded guilty to in April 2021.

Last month, Mehta had denied a request to delay sentencing until after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision but postponed the sentencing hearing from Feb. 20 on medical grounds. The former Oath Keeper and former member of the heavy metal band Iced Earth previously told the judge that he might undergo an undisclosed medical procedure “with the need for a recovery afterwards.”


Though Schaffer had asked to delay sentencing for several months, Mehta said Schaffer “has not demonstrated good cause to continue sentencing of this matter for six months or more,” according to the order.

“The court, however, will continue sentencing after the Supreme Court issues its decision,” Mehta states in the order.

In December, the Supreme Court said it would hear an appeal challenging the scope of the obstruction of an official proceeding charge that has been brought against more than 300 people, including Schaffer and former President Donald Trump, The Associated Press reported. The charge, which carries up to 20 years behind bars, refers to the disruption of Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump.

It is one of two charges that Schaffer pleaded guilty to. He also pleaded guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or ground with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

The case that the Supreme Court will hear involves Joseph Fischer, a former Pennsylvania police officer, who is facing a seven-count indictment for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, including the obstruction charge, and two other defendants, according to wire reports..............

Judge delays Schaffer’s sentencing until July - The Republic News

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has, for a second time, postponed sentencing for a former Columbus resident who has pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

www.therepublic.com

 

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The son of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extremist Oath Keepers, has decided to enter politics as a Democrat

Dakota Adams, the son Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extremist Oath Keepers, has decided to enter politics as aDemocratic candidate.

www.businessinsider.com

Oath keeper's son running as a dem.

 

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The son of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extremist Oath Keepers, has decided to enter politics as a Democrat

Dakota Adams, the son Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extremist Oath Keepers, has decided to enter politics as aDemocratic candidate.

www.businessinsider.com

Oath keeper's son running as a dem.

That's interesting.