Attack on the Capitol building: prosecutors think …

U.S. prosecutors first raised a troubling assumption about the Capitol invasion last week and confirmed what many members of Congress feared that day: the goal of those besieging Congress was to kidnap and then kill officials.

Lawyers for the Department of Justice presented a document on Thursday containing “solid evidence” suggesting that supporters of President Donald Trump were planning “to capture and assassinate elected officials” to prevent confirmation of arrival at the White House by Democrat Joe Biden. Recently, the Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said she believes she will die this afternoon in the attack.

The department is seeking with this indictment the remand of Jacob Chansley of Arizona, the QAnon conspiracy theories shaman who entered the Capitol with a bare torso and horns on his head.

“Strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions on Capitol Hill, supports his intention to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States government,” prosecutors said of the Jan.6 siege .

Prosecutors said Chansley, 33, left a note for Pence on the Senate bench, where the Deputy Speaker had been minutes before, saying: ‘It’s only a matter of time, justice is coming . ”

This new document provides more information on the FBI’s investigation into the attack on Congress, an episode in which five people were killed, including a police officer.

Authorities have already laid charges against some of those involved in the assault, including a man waving the Confederate flag inside the building, another wearing a t-shirt with the inscription “Camp Auschwitz” and a swimmer American Olympic Gold Medalist.

To date, around 80 cases have been opened and 34 people have been arrested for their suspected criminal conduct in the attack on Capitol Hill. The FBI opened about 200 files.

The Department also launched a new online service for the public and media to track those accused of crimes related to the attack on the Capitol.

Chansley’s legal situation is complicated

Chansley is scheduled to appear in court on Friday. Prosecutors say the man is a regular drug user and likely has mental health issues.

“Chansley has spoken openly about his belief that he is an alien, a superior being, and that he is here on Earth to ascend to another reality,” state prosecutors in the document. Prosecutors have called for his arrest because they say there is “a risk of flight and danger to the community.”

Chansley is linked to QAnon, a group of far-right conspiracy theorists accused of haranguing some of Trump’s supporters.

According to his mother recently, the man does not eat in the detention center because only eat organic food that the guards at the detention center where he is located do not provide.