CAPITOL RIOT ARREST UPDATE:
*Joshua Loller, a decorated Army vet from Spring, Texas, is arrested.
*Seen on Facebook video clashing w/ police.
*Feds say he wore gas mask, gloves & body armor vest.
*Charged w/ obstructing police during civil disorder. abc13.com/spring-man-cap…
*2 Virginia men arrested in Philly during November vote count are jailed again for attending Capitol riot.
*Prosecutors say Joshua Macias & Antonio LaMotta brought guns, ammo & samurai sword to vote counting on Nov. 5.
*Judge increases bail & jails men. inquirer.com/crime/joshua-m…
*2 Ohio men are charged in Capitol riot.
*Dustin Byron Thompson and Robert Anthony Lyon charged w/ violent entry, disorderly conduct & entering restricted building.
*Thompson also charged w/ stealing a wooden coat rack.
*He posed for photo with coat rack. dispatch.com/story/news/202…
*According to the Feds, Dustin Thompson left the Capitol but 4 minutes later went back inside. He apparently returned to the same ransacked office where he had been moments earlier.
*When he left the second time he was carrying the coat rack. dispatch.com/story/news/202…
What would be the mental process that starts with joining an insurrection and ends with walking off with a government coat rack?
*Florida man’s selfie from Senate chamber leads to his arrest in Capitol riot.
*”I’m in…. This is our house,” declared Anthony “Tony” Mariotto of Fort Pierce.
*Charges: Violent entry, disorderly conduct, entering restricted building. tcpalm.com/story/news/cri…
*Kevin Strong, an FAA employee in San Bernardino CA, has been charged in Capitol riot.
*FBI says he was a QAnon follower who believed QAnon would cover the cost of his truck.
*Took selfie in front of Pelosi’s office.
*Was under investigation BEFORE Jan. 6. huffpost.com/entry/qanon-fa…
*Bradley W. Weeks of Baker County FL has been arrested in Capitol riot.
*In video, Weeks narrated storming of the Capitol: “We’ve gotten through, and we are going to take back the Capitol... This is our 1776!”
*Charges: Violent entry, disorderly conduct.” jacksonville.com/story/news/cou…
*Christopher Grider of Eddy, Texas, has been arrested in the Capitol riot.
*Accused of trying to kick open doors near where Ashli Babbitt was shot.
*Owner of Kissing Tree Vineyards.
*Chareged with willful depredation of U.S. property. dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/01/22/tex…
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Moscow police round up more than 350 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny. reut.rs/3qRbBT3
*Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya is among those arrested today in massive protests sparked by HIS arrest.
*She posted message from police van.
*Estimated 40,000 protesters in Moscow. 1,000+ arrested. rferl.org/a/navalny-krem…
Video shows Alexei Navalny’s lawyer Lyubov Sobol being grabbed by riot police in Moscow.
CAPITOL RIOT ARREST UPDATE:
*Montana appliance store owner Hank Muntzer is arrested.
*Posted videos showing storming of the Capitol.
*Muntzer is known in his town for supporting QAnon and decorating his appliance store with salutes to Trump and Gen. Flynn. nbcmontana.com/news/local/pol…
New Jersey man who calls himself a “dating and relationships strategist” is charged in Capitol riot.
“We broke down the doors and climbed up the back part of the Capitol,” he wrote on Facebook.
*Charges: Entering restricted building and disorderly conduct. nypost.com/2021/01/22/nj-…
*Patrick Montgomery of Littleton CO has been charged in Capitol insurrection.
*Photos show him in Senate chamber.
*On Facebook, he said: "We stormed the Senate."
*In email he said he wasn’t afraid of FBI: "I’m not a scared cat or running from anything.” denver.cbslocal.com/2021/01/20/pat…
CAPITOL RIOT ARREST UPDATE:
*Gabriel Garcia, a former US Army captain and one-time GOP candidate for Florida House, is arrested.
*FBI says he fought with officers and shouted: “USA! Storm this sh-t!”
*Video shows him yelling: “Nancy come out and play!” miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…
*Jesus Rivera of Pensacola, FL, has been arrested in the Capitol riot.
*He’s charged with disorderly conduct with intent to impede gov’t business & entering restricted building.
*Uploaded several videos showing him inside Capitol or on the grounds. wctv.tv/2021/01/20/pen…
*Jorden Mink, a Pennsylvania man who was photographed shattering Capitol window with a bat, has been charged in riot.
*He also was seen removing property from Capitol.
*Faces multiple charges, incl. destruction of gov’t property, theft & violent entry. post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou…
*As one of his first orders of business, President Biden asks for and receives the resignation of Michael Pack as head of the Voice of America.
*Pack had effectively turned the VoA into a propaganda arm of the Trump administration. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
Another major order of business for President Biden today: Dissolving Donald Trump's 1776 Commission on U.S. history. Via @The74the74million.org/on-his-first-d…
In addition to rejoining the Paris #climate agreement, President Biden ordered US agencies to start reviewing and reinstating more than 100 environmental regulations that Trump had weakened or rolled back. nytimes.com/2021/01/20/cli…