Adam Johnson, 36, from Florida was arrested in the state on Friday and charged at the Pinellas County Jail just days after he was allegedly caught by the cameras carrying the pulpit of the House spokesman, according to the statement. He was accused of intentionally entering or staying in any restricted building or land without legal authority; an accusation of theft of government property; and an accusation of violent entry and disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds.
Jacob Anthony Chansley, who was allegedly the man seen in the photos dressed in horns, a bearskin cap and face paint, was taken into custody on Saturday, according to the statement. The Arizona man was accused of intentionally entering or staying in any building or restricted area without legal authority, and of violent entry and disorderly conduct in the Capitol areas.
It was not clear on Saturday whether Johnson or Chansley had a lawyer.
The Capitol insurrection on Wednesday shocked the nation when a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump besieged the symbol of America’s democracy, determined to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Derrick Evans, a West Virginia state legislator allegedly among the protesters who broke into the Capitol building, was accused of intentionally entering or staying in any restricted building or land without legal authority; and a charge of violent entry and disorderly conduct at Capitol Grounds. A federal West Virginia judge released him on bail after he appeared in court on Friday afternoon, according to court records.
Evans denied participating in the destruction and violence and has since deleted the clip, but not before it was shared on social media and broadcast by CNN affiliate WCHS. In another video posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday morning, he laughs at predicting an uproar.
The Republican state legislator said he only filmed the event as an “independent member of the media to film the story”, although he does not appear to have experience working as such.
His lawyer, John Bryan, previously told CNN in a statement on Thursday that his client “had no choice but to enter” the Capitol due to the size of the crowd he was in, and that “it was not evident to Mr. Evans that he was not allowed to follow the crowd to this public area of Capitol, within which members of the public were already located. “
There are now 17 federal criminal defendants related to the Capitol riots. Some are people who became violent with the police, some are photographed in the building during the destruction, and some are people who allegedly brought weapons and ammunition and, in the case of one man, Molotov cocktails, around the Capitol.
CNN’s Chuck Johnston and Veronica Stracqualursi contributed to this report.
