- A UCLA student with a history of far-right online activities is accused of storming the Capitol.
- Federal agents helped arrest 22-year-old Christian Secor with the help of tipsters.
- One tipster indicated that Secor threw away his phone and boasted that he would not be caught.
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Christian Secor, a UCLA student who advocated for the right-wing and white supremacists, was charged by federal authorities with his role in the January 6 storm.
According to court documents, tipsters shared information about Secor and told the FBI that Secor got rid of his phone, moved into his mother’s basement and boasted that he would not be caught.
A total of 11 people helped identify Secor, 22, who had streamed the Capitol violation live and was pictured during the siege at Pence’s scene.
Federal authorities in DC have charged Secor with assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer; violent access and living on restricted grounds; civil disorder; and the obstruction of an official process.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday that federal agents had arrested Secor at his home in Costa Mesa.
Federal investigators have stated that Secor founded an unofficial club called “America First Bruins” while attending UCLA.
According to Daily Bruin, Secor was already active with the Republicans of Brown in February 2020, when the Conservative group declared that Secor was banned due to ‘inappropriate behavior’.
“What I can tell you is that UCLA believes that the January 6 attack on the Capitol was an attack on our democracy,” Bill Kisliuk, UCLA director of media relations, said in a statement. “As an institution, UCLA is committed to mutual respect, making decisions based on evidence and using rational debate – not physical violence.”
According to the affidavit, Secor’s hateful attitude toward immigrants and Jews was well documented by student groups and on his social media during his time on campus. On Twitter, he praised the white white supremacy in Charlottesville in 2017, calling fascism ‘epic’.
On photos and videos taken during the uprising, Secor was seen with a blue “America First” flag.
Secor also streamed live from the Capitol on January 6 under the monk Scuffed Elliot Rodger – a reference to a 22-year-old who killed seven people at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2014.
“As a result of Secor and others’ pressure on the double doors, the doors opened and dozens of additional rioters flooded into the building,” the statement said. “The Capitol police officers were pushed through the crowd, sometimes trapped between the doors and the crowd and eventually pushed out of the way of the oncoming mob.”
According to court documents, the FBI agents were under the supervision of Secor from January 25 to 28 before they detained him.