West Virginia Lawmaker Charged After Livestreaming Capitol Riot

Описание: A West Virginia lawmaker who livestreamed himself entering the Capitol building during Wednesday’s riot was charged by federal prosecutors in Washington for his role in the siege, the Justice Department said.

Republican Derrick Evans was charged with entering a restricted area. The U.S. said Richard Barnett, an Arkansas man who was photographed with his feet up on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot, would also be charged.

The charges against Evans and Barnett are among more than 50 cases the Justice Department has brought against members of the pro-Trump mob that laid siege to the Capitol on Wednesday, smashing windows and sending lawmakers fleeing to safety.

The riot has triggered an expansive national investigation led by an assortment of agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Capitol Police, the U.S. Marshals, the Metropolitan Police Department in
Washington, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington.

At a news conference on Friday, U.S. officials said hundreds of federal law-enforcement agents across three command centers were working on the investigation, scouring video footage and social media posts to identify the perpetrators. All 56 field offices of the FBI are involved.

“The department will spare no resources in our efforts to hold
all of these people accountable,” prosecutor Ken Kohl said.

One man, who drove a red pickup truck with Alabama plates, had
11 Molotov cocktails, two handguns, and an assault rifle, Kohl said. The Molotov cocktails included gasoline and homemade napalm, the prosecutor said.

The Justice Department is also investigating the death of a Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, who was injured while fighting off the rioters and later collapsed when he returned to his division office.

Sicknick was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. But officials on Friday declined to discuss how Sicknick died or release any details of their investigation.

Sicknick, 42, joined the Capitol Police in 2008 after serving in the New Jersey Air National Guard. A native of South River, New Jersey, he served two tours of duty in the Middle East.

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