An Army reservist who searched the Capitol during the January 6 riot was widely known to be a white supremacist who made anti-Semitic comments during his time serving in a naval facility in New Jersey, prosecutors revealed on Friday.
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, who was a security contractor at Earle Naval Weapons Station and had secret intelligence, was arrested in January and described at the time as an “outspoken white supremacist” and a Nazi sympathizer. However, on Friday, prosecutors set out in court details of interviews with 44 of their colleagues who highlighted the breadth of their prejudiced beliefs.
“A Navy noncommissioned officer said the defendant was constantly talking about the Jews and remembered the defendant saying ‘Hitler should have finished the job’,” prosecutors wrote in the lawsuit, which he intended to argue for the continued detention of Hale-Cusanelli while he waited. The judgement.
One interviewee stated that Hale-Cusanelli had “extreme or radical views towards the Jewish people, minorities and women”, and another said that he expressed hatred towards Jews on a daily basis.
Prosecutors also exposed details of the contents of their personal phone, which they said contained anti-Semitic and racist content as part of their “fantasy of participating in another Civil War”.
Hale-Cusanelli’s lawyer argued that he deserved a release before the trial and that he was not a white supremacist, but prosecutors dismissed that argument, pointing to the treasure trove of comments he made to colleagues and on his phone.
The latest lawsuit highlights the involvement of white supremacists in the January 6 uprising, which unsuccessfully tried to prevent certification of the Electoral College’s results from the 2020 presidential election.
Several far-right groups participated in the insurrection, and the video shows several protesters making racist comments. A Confederate flag was also seen flying the Capitol, as the rebels stormed the building.
Hale-Cusanelli’s involvement also highlights the task faced by policymakers who are trying to eradicate white supremacy from the armed forces.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Lloyd AustinTucker Carlson counters the ‘awake generals’ after criticism of the National Guard mission at the Capitol that is expected to cost 1 million Japanese PM, scheduled to be Biden’s first foreign visit to the White House MORE Last month, it brought together military chiefs and civilian secretaries of the Armed Forces to intensify the internal struggle against white supremacy in the armed forces and issued a 60-day “withdrawal” order for each arm to strengthen existing regulations.