An Alabama man had his six-figure bail revoked in a state drug case after Lee County prosecutors said he participated in Wednesday’s US Capitol riots.
William Watson, 23, of Auburn, had been released on $ 103,000 bail in a drug trafficking case in July, but violated the terms of his bail that forbade him to leave Alabama after he was caught inside the US Capitol during last week’s riots in which four people, including a US Capitol Police officer, died.
In a motion filed on Monday to revoke Watson’s bail, which was approved by a Lee County judge, prosecutors said Watson was shown in a video inside the Capitol next to “a man with [a] horned hat ”- presumably Jake Angeli, who is also known as“ QAnon Shaman ”and was arrested on federal charges stemming from the disturbances.
State prosecutors included these photos of William Watson, who said they had participated in Wednesday’s riots at the United States Capitol.
Watson, prosecutors said, “has distinct tattoos on his hands, which are visible in the images of the Capital [sic.] In addition, the defendant posted on social media a photo of his participation and comments about one of his tattoos. “
The motion referred to a Snapchat post allegedly made by Watson denying allegations on social media that he was in Antifa because of the tattoos. Watson said his tattoos were inspired by a video game and that he was not a member of Antifa.
“False news is not going to beat the thousands of patriots who recorded [Wednesday,]”Watson wrote.