Dozens were arrested after storming the U.S. Capitol. Here’s a look at who they are.
More arrests are expected as investigators scrutinize photographs, videos and social media posts to identify the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.
More arrests are expected as investigators scrutinize photographs, videos and social media posts to identify the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.Credit…Win Mcnamee/Getty Images
On Wednesday, a mob of Trump supporters, encouraged by President Trump himself, converged on the U.S. Capitol, swept past law enforcement and rampaged through the halls of Congress.
The insurrection resulted in the deaths of a Capitol Police officer who was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher and a rioter who was shot by a police officer as she tried to push her way into the heavily protected Speaker’s Lobby, just outside the House chamber. Three others died as a result of “medical emergencies” on the Capitol grounds, according to the authorities.
In the days since the riot, federal and local authorities have begun arresting people who they said were involved, and on Friday, the Justice Department announced that it had charged 13 people. Dozens of others have been charged in Superior Court in Washington, D.C., with unlawful entry, curfew violations and firearms-related crimes.
Here are a few of the people who face charges.
Jake Angeli, a well-known conspiracy theorist who was photographed in the Capitol on Wednesday, was arrested on Saturday. He entered the building shirtless, with his face painted red, white and blue, and wearing a fur headdress with horns.
Nicknamed Q Shaman for his propagation of baseless QAnon conspiracy theories, Mr. Angeli has been a fixture at pro-Trump rallies in Arizona since the 2016 election.
He was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Adam Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Fla., was arrested by U.S. marshals on Friday night after a widely circulated photograph showed him smiling and waving as he hauled off Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern.
He was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, one count of theft of government property, and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Ark., was photographed sitting with his feet on a desk in Ms. Pelosi’s office. He was arrested on Friday in Bentonville, Ark. He is scheduled to appear in federal court on Tuesday and will ultimately be extradited to Washington.
He was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and theft of public money, property, or records
— Marie Fazio, Maggie Astor, Adam Goldman, Michael Levenson and Will Wright The New York Times