Supporters of US President Donald Trump will protest on January 6, 2021 at the Washington Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC.
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Kevin Seefried, who was photographed flying a Confederate flag in the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riots in Washington, was indicted by a grand jury on five charges related to obstruction, access to restricted property and disorderly conduct.
Seefried’s son, Hunter Seefried, was also charged. The younger Seefried faces the same five charges as his father, in addition to three charges related to destruction of government property and violence on Capitol grounds.
The grand jury document was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Columbia District and released Thursday. The two men were arrested in January after handing themselves over to authorities in Wilmington, Del. Both men are residents of Delaware.
Kevin and Hunter Seefried are among the hundreds of individuals charged with crimes related to the attack on the Capitol, which was largely carried out by supporters of former President Donald Trump who rejected his election defeat against President Joe Biden.
An affidavit signed by the FBI Special Agent Katherine Pattillo in connection with the case in January said authorities were investigating video footage allegedly showing the Seafarers entering the Capitol through a broken window.
According to the affidavit, the two were identified after an employee of Hunter Seefried told the FBI that Hunter “was in the Capitol with his father on January 6, 2021.”
Pattillo also wrote that he judged footage posted on Twitter that allegedly showed Hunter Seefried ‘glass sticking out of a window in the Capitol complex after people next to him in the crowd smashed it with a wooden 2 x 4 broke. ‘
“Kevin Seefried confirmed to law enforcement that Hunter Seefried was asked by a person unknown to the Seefrieds to clean the window because Hunter Seefried was wearing gloves,” Pattillo wrote.
Kevin Seefried, who was photographed in the US Capitol with a Confederate flag, and his son Hunter Seefried (R) enter an office building in Wilmington after their first court appearance in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 14, 2021.
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Both men participated in separate, voluntary interviews with investigators, Pattillo wrote. Kevin Seefried said during his interview that he brought the Confederate flag from his home in Delaware, where he had it displayed outside.
‘Defendant Kevin Seefried told law enforcement officers that he traveled with his family from Delaware to the District of Columbia to hear President Trump speak and that he and Hunter Seefried participated in a march from the White House to the Capitol, led by an individual with a bull. horn, ‘wrote Pattillo.
The five charges facing both men are: obstruction of an official process and assistance; enter and stay in a restricted building or site; disorderly and disruptive behavior in a restricted building or site; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parade, demonstrate, or protest in a Capitol building.
In addition, Hunter Seefried is also facing charges of trespassing and staying in a restricted building or site with physical violence against property; destruction of government property; and act of physical violence on the Capitol site or buildings.
An attorney for Hunter Seefried did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An attorney for Kevin Seefried could not be reached immediately.
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