Capitol riot suspect arrested while wearing t-shirt

A Dallas man who was arrested in late January and charged with involvement in the riot that swept past the Capitol on January 6 was wearing a shirt declaring his participation in the siege during his arrest.

The Associated Press reported that federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing Monday that Garret Miller was wearing a shirt bearing the message “I was there, Washington DC, January 6, 2021,” when he was arrested. January 20.

Despite the apparent admission of his shirt and evidence submitted by prosecutors Monday indicating Miller tweeted “AOC murder” to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezSchumer enters reelection mode Sanders, Warren and AOC may lift Dems midway through 2022 The moving targets of the climate change movement (DN.Y.) In the days following the riot, he reportedly told his mother, “I don’t feel like I did anything wrong and now I’m locked up.”

His own social media statements would contradict that claim, according to federal prosecutors, who wrote in a court filing Monday that Miller told another Facebook user “just wanted to incriminate me a little lol” after he was shot. asked “Brother did you come in? in the comments section of a photo Miller posted of himself on Capitol Hill on the day of the uprising.”

By bringing tactical gear, ropes and potentially, by his own admission, a gun to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Miller showed that he was not only caught in the frenzy of the crowds, but that he rather had come to DC with intention. to disrupt the democratic process of counting and certifying the electoral college’s votes, ”the prosecutors wrote, according to the AP.

Miller’s attorney is reportedly seeking his release before trial, stressing his lack of a violent criminal record.

The FBI is still seeking information on numerous people seen on Capitol Hill and around Washington linked to the Capitol headquarters, including the person accused of leaving homemade bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters.

The agency arrested hundreds of people in connection with the siege, and dozens face charges related to attacks on law enforcement.

Five people died as a result of the Capitol riot, including a Capitol police officer. Dozens of other officers were injured and two more died by suicide in the days following the attack.