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Black Lives Matter Supporter at Capitol Breach Said He ‘Brought My Megaphone to Instigate’ Trump Supporters: DOJ theepochtimes.com/black-lives-ma…

According to court documents filed last week by federal prosecutors, Sullivan, of Utah, is facing new weapons charges.

Sullivan, in statements online and in reports, said he attended a number of Black Lives Matter protests last year, posted numerous anti-police and anti-Trump statements, and also allegedly posted support on Twitter for armed revolution.

After leaving the Capitol on Jan. 6, Sullivan was seen, according to federal prosecutors, telling a witness that he “brought my megaphone to instigate [expletive]” and wanted to “make these Trump supporters [expletive] all this [expletive] up” inside the Capitol building.

Sullivan, they said, also portrayed himself as a journalist who was documenting the incident. However, they said that he was actively participating in the breach—and even apparently broke a window.

Sullivan allegedly cheered after he and others entered the Capitol: “There are so many people. Let’s go. This [expletive] is ours! [Expletive] yeah,” according to DOJ documents.

He also said in the Capitol: “We accomplished this [expletive]. We did this together. [Expletive] yeah! We are all a part of this history,” and “Let’s burn this [expletive] down,” according to the court papers.

Federal prosecutors alleged that he attempted to incite others to burn the Capitol down several times.

And at one point, Sullivan allegedly told Capitol Police officers in the building to “stand down,” prosecutors said.

“There are too many people, you gotta stand down, the people out there that tried to do that [expletive], they got hurt, I saw it, I’m caring about you,” he allegedly said.

“Hey guys, I have a knife,” Sullivan also said, according to federal prosecutors. “I have a knife. Let me up.”

Sullivan, notably, recorded a video of the confrontation between protesters and police near the House chamber that included the fatal Capitol Police-involved shooting of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt.

(Did he break the window right near where Ashli Babbitt was shot?)

And, according to the court filings, boasted to a witness that “my footage is worth like a million of dollars, millions of dollars.”

As a result, the DOJ last week said it had seized about $90,000 from Sullivan after he sold the footage to several unnamed news outlets.

According to reports, Sullivan was involved in organizing Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Utah. He was also charged last July with alleged rioting, threatening violence, and criminal mischief for his part in a demonstration and riot that led to the shooting of a motorist.

Sullivan, according to his lawyers in a filing, sold his footage to CNN for $35,000, sold footage to NBC for $35,000, and sold more to other media outlets.