Others accused this weekend include a woman who was seen in photos brandishing the sign with the name affixed outside the office of Mayor Nancy Pelosi, authorities said, and the mother of a man who was arrested after being captured in an impressive photo on the Senate Floor with ties, she is now accused of chasing police with ties in her hands.
The details that emerged about the three defendants and others in the recently opened court documents provide a clearer scope of the violence within the Capitol and the potential military-style coordination that occurred during the building’s breach. The lawyers for each of them were not listed on an online filing system in a federal court.
Federal investigators said the Army reservist – Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, of Colts Neck, New Jersey – was described by an informant as “an avowed white supremacist and a Nazi sympathizer”.
According to court documents, in a liaison with the informant on Thursday that was recorded by the police, Hale-Cusanelli can be heard saying that he encouraged members of the crowd to “move” through the Capitol and gave instructions “by voice and signals hand.” It is not clear whether he was arrested.
Authorities identified Emily Hernandez of Sullivan, Missouri as the woman who allegedly stole Pelosi’s poster. In a series of photos, the investigators included in the court’s records, they identify her as the woman seen smiling while brandishing the fragment of uneven wood in front of a crowd.
It was not clear on Sunday whether she had been arrested. The replacement of the poster will cost US $ 870, according to the estimate of the curator of the Chamber of Deputies mentioned in the file.
Investigators say Lisa Eisenhart is the mother of Eric Munchel, a Nashville man who was arrested last week and identified as a person depicted carrying a zipper in the building.
Eisenhart was taken into custody in Tennessee on Saturday and accused of breaking into the Capitol and disorderly conduct, according to the Justice Department.
According to an indictment document, Eisenhart is seen in video footage holding flexible handcuffs, or plastic restraints, while she chases cops as part of a crowd inside the building.
A man who was captured wearing a Proud Boys T-shirt and holding the tip of a Confederate flag on Capitol Hill – according to an FBI agent, citing photos, in a court document – was arrested on Sunday in Maryland, the Department of Justice said.
The document claims that Bryan Betancur told police in the past that he was a member of several white supremacist organizations, and stated at one point that he wanted to “run over people with a vehicle and kill people in a church”.
Betancur used a GPS monitor in connection with a previous parole violation, officials said, and the location data mentioned in an indictment document against him shows his presence in restricted areas of Capitol Hill.
In addition to the four, additional indictment documents reveal new cases of violence and attacks on the police during the insurrection, along with threats to practice violence in the coming days.
The investigators identified Chad Jones do Monte. Washington, Kentucky, as the man seen in a video using the tip of a flagpole with a Trump flag to break a door that leads to the speaker’s lounge outside the chamber, according to an indictment. Lawmakers had been evacuated from that lobby just minutes earlier.
Cousins Daniel Adams and Cody Connell are described by the authorities as attacking the Capitol together.
According to court documents, Adams led a group of protesters who attacked a line of Capitol police officers holding protective shields and guarding a flight of stairs in front of the building. An FBI agent identified him in photos posted online in part because of his “mullet hairstyle,” according to a statement. The two men were arrested on Saturday – Adams in Texas and Connell in Louisiana.
Authorities said they believed Connell was planning to return to DC the week of the inauguration, citing witnesses with whom he communicated about buying rifles, ammunition and bulletproof vests.
“According to the witness,” wrote an FBI agent in an indictment, “Connell explained that he would not return to Louisiana unless he was in a corpse bag.”