He had his own ‘joint session’.
The collaborators arrested a man in California named “The Capitol Rotunda Doobie Smoker” after YouTube videos showed him lighting a marijuana cigarette in the US Capitol Rotunda.
Federal law enforcement on Tuesday arrested 32-year-old Eduardo Nicolas Alvear Gonzalez in Virginia and charged him with entering a restricted building, disorderly or disruptive behavior, and parading, protesting or enchanting in Capitol Hill on January 6, according to a criminal complaint.
“Here it is, I’m flaring up at the Capitol. Mary Jane, ”Gonzalez allegedly boasted in one of the videos.
According to federal investigators, Gonzalez was part of a mob that stormed the Capitol during a joint congressional hearing that confirmed President Biden’s election.
A family member has informed the FBI that Gonzalez is the bearded man seen in the videos, wearing an olive-colored sun hat, a long-sleeved shirt, a light green backpack, a black suit and a red, white and blue American flag. on. pants while smoking marijuana in the Capitol Rotunda.
In a video titled “Man smoke a doobie weed at capitol dome Donald Trump supporters”, Gonzalez can be seen blowing smoke out of his mouth as he
another individual asks him “what kind of weed is this?” reads the complaint.
In a second YouTube video titled ‘The Capitol Rotunda Doobie Smoker’, someone asks Gonzalez why he smokes weeds in the Capitol, and he responds ‘freedom’, the FBI says.
Gonzalez, of Ventura, appeared in federal court in Virginia on Friday.
Prosecutors say he is a supporter of spreading conspiracy theories online in line with QAnon, a movement favored by right-wing extremists.
Rodolfo Cejas, defense attorney, defended his client, saying the conspiracy theory is not illegal.
“It can be weird. It can be a variety of things. It is not a crime, “he said.
More than 200 people have been arrested and federally charged for breaking into Capitol Hill during the riot that killed five people, including a Capitol police officer.
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