WASHINGTON (AP) – An Army reservist accused of taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol was known as a Nazi sympathizer wearing a Hitler mustache, associates told federal investigators.
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 30, was hired as a security contractor at a naval base when he allegedly violated the Capitol on January 6.
In court documents filed Friday, federal prosecutors in Washington said his colleagues at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, New Jersey, told investigators he held white supremacist views.
The filing includes photos of Hale-Cusanelli’s cell phone of him with a Hitler mustache, along with pro-Nazi cartoons.
One Navy sailor said Hale-Cusanelli told him “he will kill all the Jews and eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and he will not need them to flavor them because the salt of them tears will make it tasteful enough. “
Other contributors recall that Hale-Cusanelli made derogatory remarks about women, black people and other minorities.
Prosecutors argued in the argument that Hale-Cusanelli is a danger to the public and that he should remain in jail while on trial.
Jonathan Zucker, the lawyer for Hale-Cusanelli, wrote in a documentary that there is no evidence that his client belongs to white supremacist organizations.
Authorities said Hale-Cusanelli made videos of himself shouting at Capitol police officers, climbing a scaffolding to enter the building through doors kicked open by rioters and shouting “Stop the theft!” Some of the videos were posted on social media.
Hale-Cusanelli has since been discharged from the army reserve and banned according to the submission of the naval base.