Federal prosecutors accused two Montana brothers this week for their alleged roles in the Capitol riot, saying they were part of a group that chased a Capitol policeman up the stairs, an incident that went viral after he was captured on video.
According to court records filed on Thursday, Joshua Calvin Hughes and Jerod Wade Hughes turned themselves in at a Montana police station on January 11.
An FBI statement filed with the court alleges that they were part of the crowd that chased Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman down a flight of stairs during the riot.
Goodman, who was widely praised for his actions that day, can be seen calling for reinforcements on his radio while encouraging the crowd to expel him from the Senate House and toward a group of waiting officials.
According to the FBI’s testimony, the two brothers later entered the Senate chambers, where they and other protesters “sat in the senators ‘seats, opened the senators’ tables and reviewed the confidential material stored there.”
The Hughes brothers face several charges of illegal entry and conduct on Capitol Hill, as well as obstruction of official prosecution, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
It is not clear whether the two hired lawyers.
Another alleged troublemaker in the group that followed Goodman, Douglas Austin Jensen, was charged earlier this month.