Three of the pro-Trump protesters whose photos have toured the world since their violent intrusion on the Capitol on Wednesday have been arrested and charged, the Justice Department said on Saturday.
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Jacob Anthony Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, the shirtless, buffalo horned and painted conspirator who had magnetized photographers and cameras across Capitol Hill, was arrested and charged with unlawful trespassing and violent conduct on Capitol Hill, said the ministry in a press release.
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“This individual was armed with a two-meter-long spear with an American flag attached just under the blade,” the statement said.
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On Friday, the ministry had already announced 13 indictments for trespassing and disorder, and the arrest in Arkansas of Richard Barnett, the man pictured with his foot on Nancy Pelosi’s desk.
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Among those prosecuted are a man who had eleven molotov cocktails in a vehicle parked near Congress, another who punched a Capitol Hill policeman while forcing his way, and a third entered with a loaded gun in the Congress precinct.
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