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‘Embarrassed’ father of Teen Insurrectionist: I’m sorry I took my son to the Capitol
Criminal charge The father of a MAGA-loving Georgian teenager who allegedly pushed a police officer while forcing into the Senate on January 6, regrets bringing his son to DC – and the unfounded conspiracy theories of voter fraud on his family pressed. because he raised him in that area. I feel embarrassed that we drank in a lot of this rhetoric from so-called leaders who never realized. I feel like I should have known a little better at my age, ‘Joseph Cua said during a hearing on Friday about his 18-year-old son, Bruno Joseph Cua. The Milton, Georgia teenager is facing several charges, including assault on a federal officer and civil disorder, for his role in the unprecedented siege. On Friday, U.S. District Magistrate for the Northern District of Georgia Alan Baverman ordered that Cua – who encouraged his followers on social media to “fight” for former President Donald Trump in the two weeks before the siege, without a related pending his trial. Trump’s Prosecution Attorney for Accusation: It was ‘Antifa’ Before pronouncing his decision on detention, Baverman complained to Cua’s parents that they had to carry a weapon on their son on January 6 and blamed ‘leaders’ for it. they were deceived when they set a better example for their son. Cua said he was being misled by leaders. Mr. “Cua is supposed to be the leader,” Baverman said. “It was not a spontaneous youthful action.” Photos show that on January 6, Cua decorated a MAGA hat and a sweater with an eagle in the Capitol after traveling to DC with his parents. He was captured in one New Yorker video amid a crowd of rioters fighting on the Senate floor. In one video of the riots, ‘Cua is seen outside the doors of the Senate, in a physical altercation with USCP officers, According to prosecutors, Cua’s father testified on behalf of his son during a Friday hearing and tried to blame for his son’s belief in unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After realizing that there would be no “major revelation” proving that a widespread conspiracy in the election stole the election, Joseph Cua said he now feel embarrassed that he believes the “BS”. “I feel very ashamed that many of us feel that this is what happened,” he said, adding that he no longer believes the election was stolen. “There was no big revelation and nothing came out.” But prosecutors on Friday insisted that the political beliefs of his 18-year-old son go far beyond those of his family, noting that Bruno Cua had a lot of interaction with the police before the deadly riots against As previously reported by The Daily Beast , Cua was arrested in December for violating the Milton Public Unrest Ordinance after he allegedly drove his pickup truck into the Birmingham Falls Elementary parking lot, a police spokesman told The Daily Beast officials. the teenager blew his horn and blew a large Trump flag off his truck was released. According to them, the Cua family simply ‘manipulated and deceived by leaders’ about the election. According to the criminal charge, Bruno Cua reveals his intends to travel to DC on social media days on January 6 before heading to the country’s capital, while Cua’s Parler account has since been deactivated, WSB-TV reported that he is following his followers on January 3 encouraged to arm themselves with tasers, pepper spray and baseball bats for the siege. “President Trump is Calling Us to FIGHT!” Cua, who went through PatriotBruno on Parler, said in one post, according to the complaint. “His own cabinet, everyone betrayed him. This is Trump and #WeThePeople US the #dep State and the #CCP. He knows this is the only way to save our wonderful country, challenge on # 6 January. It’s time to take back our freedom the old-fashioned way. Oath holders plan to deploy armed force to Capitol Riot: DocsJoseph Cua testified Friday that he and his wife drove their son to DC to see the former president at his January 6 rally. After the speech, in which Trump urged his supporters to ‘fight like hell’, the family walked to the Capitol building, Cua said, but decided to stay along the periphery while people with law enforcement on a scaffolding begins to climb. admitted that his son wanted to take a closer look, and eventually got lost in the crowd. Bruno Cua eventually violated the Capitol with several other rioters and pushed an officer to the Senate chamber. According to a video captured by the New Yorker, Cua is seen wandering around the room picking up rioters sitting at desks and driving around. The complaint states that after a riot broke out as he tried to sit in former Vice President Mike Pence’s chair, Cua could be heard saying, ‘They can steal an election, but we can not sit in their seats?’ the teenager walked around the East corridor – with a club in his hand – trying to enter several rooms. On Friday, Joseph Cua said when he saw his son after the riots, Bruno said he went inside, walked around and took some pictures. “He calls ‘some push and push’, but does not make the incident seem violent,” Cua said. “Trump is Calling Us to Fight!”: Georgia Teen Charged in Capitol Riots “It was a shock that he went in there,” Elder Cua testified Friday before admitting that he knew his son that day a He also admitted that he knew his son was going to get on the scaffolding and that he was not trying to stop him. “After the sixth, I said it was the last rally we were ever going to go to. “It’s time to move on,” Cua said. Read more at The Daily Beast Do you have a tip? 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