A right-wing video blogger who once dedicated a music video dedicated to law enforcement was arrested by the FBI on Saturday after striking himself alive in the Capitol amid the January 6 uprising.
In a criminal indictment released Saturday, the Justice Department said it had arrested Anthime Joseph Gionet, the far-right activist better known as ‘Baked Alaska’, on charges of violent trespassing and disorderly conduct on Capitol. terrain.
Gionet, who tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before the riot and is currently facing unrelated charges because he allegedly sprayed a bouncer with pepper spray last year, traveled to DC this month for the “Stop The Steal” events. . As rioters storm into Congress, Gionet, a former BuzzFeed employee, turned the right-wing pro-Trump activist.
As rioters storm into Congress, Gionet, a former BuzzFeed employee, turned the far-right, pro-Trump activist, streaming himself on DLive, a popular video platform that eventually removed the stream.
But, like many rioters last week, his Capitol festival posts may haunt him again. Much of the evidence against Gionet presented in Saturday’s affidavit is directly attributed to his own 27-minute live stream.
‘The accused’ 1776 baby ‘can be heard remarking:’ I will not leave guys, do not worry ‘,’ the statement say. “By the 2:52 minute mark in the YouTube video, the accused, who was streaming the event live from his device, turns the phone around to show his face and is clearly recognizable.”
At one point, Gionet filmed himself in an office, picked up a phone, and made an “alleged call to the United States Senate staff.”
Later in the video, he entered another office, sat down on a bench, and set his feet on a table. “The defendant encourages others not to break anything,” the statement added.
VICE reported earlier this week that the FBI used Gionet’s live stream of the riot to track down and track down other participants. The agency issued several notices last week seeking information about individuals in the Trump mob, which includes images taken directly from the baked Alaska video.
On Friday, Daniel Goodwyn, a ‘self-proclaimed’ Proud boy, was arrested by federal authorities who said in court documents that he was called by the name of Gionet’s live stream.
According to federal authorities, they have charged at least 100 people following the riots, including a Texas real estate agent who took a private plane to DC, a former Latin Kings gangster, a loving ‘QAnon Shaman’ and ‘woman who was taken out by a high school friend after she allegedly pinched the nameplate Nancy Pelosi’s nameplate.
The FBI also announced charges on Saturday against another man who allegedly stormed the Capitol.
According to law enforcement, Jack Jesse Griffith, also known as Juan Bibiano, took part in the event, referring to his own posts on Facebook and Instagram, where he allegedly wrote: “I even helped storms. [sic] the capital today, but it only made things worse. ”