- Adam Honeycutt was arrested Thursday at his girlfriend’s home in Florida.
- The government claims that it entered the US Capitol illegally on January 6.
- According to a criminal complaint, Honeycutt boasted of Facebook’s involvement on Facebook.
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A Florida man who posted videos on social media showing him entering the U.S. Capitol was arrested Thursday by federal agents over his alleged role in the January 6 uprising.
Adam Honeycutt was arrested after two people fired from the FBI. Both warned the office on the man’s Facebook page, which according to one of the tipsters apparently showed ‘several videos and photos apparently taken’ [him] at the U.S. Capitol, “according to a criminal complaint.
One tipster said they “were not friends with him” on Facebook, but according to the complaint said there was sufficient evidence on his public message, a photo of him holding a broken piece of a desk inside the Capitol . “
The photo was taken in the complaint of the government. The broken furniture has a prominent sticker that the owner reveals: ‘US SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS.’
Photo of criminal charge.
US Department of Justice criminal complaint
Days after the riot, it appears that Honeycutt understands that there could be legal consequences. In one private post, provided by a confidential informant to the FBI, he insisted he was not in the U.S. Capitol at all.
“Hell, I was at the food truck when the shit hit the fan,” he wrote on January 10, claiming he would have said it earlier, but that he did not receive it. ‘Then you put in [Facebook] imprisonment so that I could not let it be known that I was not with the rioters. “
He also changed his profile picture from one of him outside the Capitol to another with him and a small child.
According to the criminal indictment, videos on the day of the riot, which were investigated by the FBI, indicate otherwise.
In one, he appears to be outside the Capitol while rioters clash with police, the charge reads. “It’s about to go down!” he reads according to the court documents. In another case, the complaint reads, he appears on camera and says, “Well, made it.”
His still active Facebook page shows that he is a fan of Fox News personalities Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson. On January 28, he updated his profile photo again to a meme depicting President Joe Biden as a character from ‘The Avengers’, Thanos, who snaps his fingers and eliminates work in the oil industry, a reference to the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Adam Honeycutt’s most recent profile photo on Facebook.
Screenshot / Facebook
Honeycutt is charged with access to restricted grounds, violent access and disorderly conduct. According to local NBC News affiliate News4Jax, he was arrested at his girlfriend’s in Orange Park, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville. He is sentenced to up to six months in prison.
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His lawyer, Lee Lockett, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. However, he told News4Jax that his client is cooperating with authorities.
Prosecutors want to prevent Honeycutt from being released on bail, claiming they found marijuana and improperly secured guns when they arrested him.
Honeycutt himself is a bailiff, reads the complaint, a LinkedIn page stating that he has been working as one since August 2018.
A trial in the federal courthouse in Jacksonville is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
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