Saturday, 09 January 2021 (YJC) _Two people photographed in the U.S. Capitol as riots were arrested by police.
A man photographed in the U.S. Capitol carrying a 6-foot spear and wearing a horned helmet as a pro-Trump mob breached the building Wednesday has been arrested and charged, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said.
According to NBC News, Jacob Anthony Chansley, 33, also known as Jake Angeli, a longtime QAnon supporter from Arizona, was one of the rioters in the Capitol.
Before his arrest, Chansley called police and confessed he was photographed standing at Vice President Mike Pence's chair on the Senate dais, bare-chested, face painted and carrying the spear, according to court documents.
He was taken into custody on Saturday, the attorney's office said in a press release.
Chansley is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, the press release said.
Chansley can be seen in several photos shirtless with bold makeup, wearing Viking horns and fur and holding a flag inside the Capitol building.
He was carrying a six-foot spear with an American flag tied below the blade through the Capitol when he roamed the halls of Congress and stood on the dais inside the Senate chamber, court documents said.
Also, a man photographed carrying off the Speaker’s lectern during the Capitol Hill riots was arrested late Friday, while a top Democratic lawmaker on Saturday called on mobile carriers to preserve social media content related to the riots.
The photograph of Adam Christian Johnson smiling and waving as he carried off Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern from the House of Representatives chambers had gone viral. Johnson, of Parrish, Florida, also streamed live video on Facebook of himself as he walked the halls of the Capitol, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
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