TOOELE COUNTY, Utah – Utah activist John Sullivan was taken into custody in Provo on Friday, more than a week after sharing a video of himself inside the United States Capitol, while protesters breached security.
Sullivan, 26, was accused of Rioting and Criminal Mischief for his involvement in deadly disorders.
The arrest document states that Sullivan can be seen inside the Capitol building using a microphone as he tells the crowd “we’re about to burn this s___,” “we have to get Trump out of office … f_______ get him out of this shit . .. we are not waiting until the next election … we are about to get that m__________. “
In a video posted on social media last week, Sullivan said he ran to the Capitol building with the others to document what was going on.
“I was there to record,” said Sullivan in a video posted on Periscope on Friday. “I was there for people to see this situation as well as possible.”
Sullivan is the founder of Insurgence USA, an activist group formed after the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. He says he was voluntarily interviewed by the FBI in Washington, DC on January 7.
In the social media video, Sullivan added that his videos prove that the disturbances were composed of Trump supporters and not antifa members.
In June, Sullivan was arrested for organizing a protest in Provo, where a person was shot.