The details that emerged about the three accused and others in the newly unsealed court documents provide a clearer extent of the violence in the Capitol and the possible military coordination that took place during the burglary of the building. Attorneys for each of them are not listed in an online federal court system.
According to federal investigators, the Army Reservist – Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, of Colts Neck, New Jersey – was described by an informant as “a recognized white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer.”
According to court documents, Hale-Cusanelli can be heard in a telephone conversation with the informant on Thursday, recorded by law enforcement, that he encouraged members of the mob to “advance” through the Capitol and gave directions “via both voices and hand signals. ‘It is not clear if he was arrested.
Authorities identified Emily Hernandez, of Sullivan, Missouri, as the woman who allegedly stole Pelosi’s poster. In a number of photos taken by investigators in the court reports, they identify her as the woman who is seen smiling as she swings the jagged wooden fragment in front of a crowd.
It was not clear on Sunday whether she was also arrested. The poster costs $ 870 to replace, according to an estimate by the House of Representatives curator quoted in court documents.
Lisa Eisenhart – the mother of Eric Munchel, a man in Nashville who was arrested last week and identified by authorities as a person in the photo with a zipper in the building, was arrested in Tennessee on Saturday. According to the Justice Department, she is charged with burglary in the Capitol and disorderly conduct.
According to a indictment, Eisenhart was seen on video recordings with flexible cuffs, or plastic, while chasing police officers as part of a mob inside the building.
Some of the latest charges are some of the most notorious crimes, as well as disturbing allegations of participation by right-wing extremists.
Investigators arrested Chad Jones of Mt. Washington, Kentucky, as the man saw in a video using the end of a flagpole with a Trump flag to bash a door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby outside the living room, according to an indictment. Legislators had been evacuated through the foyer a few minutes earlier.
And a man caught wearing a Proud Boys T-shirt and the corner of a Confederate flag on the Capitol grounds – according to an FBI agent, referring to photos in a court document – is in Maryland on Sunday arrest. said the Department of Justice.
The document alleges that Bryan Betancur told law enforcement in the past that he was a member of several white supremacist organizations, and at one point said that he wanted to turn on people with a vehicle and people in a church wanted to kill ‘.
Betancur was wearing a GPS monitor in connection with a previous violation of the experiment, authorities said, and the location data referred to in a charge sheet against him shows that he is present in restricted areas on the Capitol site.
On Sunday, authorities in Washington, DC, arrested a provincial commissioner in New Mexico who climbed on a restricted platform around the Capitol to preach to the crowd during the uprising. Couy Griffin returned to DC and was arrested only a few times by the Capitol after police officers ran with his license plate and noticed he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, according to a law enforcement officer.
He is charged with entering a restricted area of the Capitol complex. It was not immediately clear who he was holding as his lawyer.
A land commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico, Griffin discussed his presence at the riot in the Capitol during a public meeting of the commission on Thursday and told colleagues he was leading a prayer session from a deck with restricted access to the Capitol -building.
He also announced during the meeting that he plans to return to Washington after the inauguration this week, and that he would bring his guns in his car.
“I’m going back to Washington, DC, I’m there on January 20,” he said, according to the video of the comments posted online. “I am going to take a stand for our country and for our freedoms, because this election was deceptive on all levels.”
Others arrested over the weekend also promised to return to DC to fight.
Cousins Daniel Adams and Cody Connell are described by authorities as storming the Capitol together earlier this month.
According to court documents, Adams led a group of rioters who charged a series of Capitol police officers holding protective shields and guarding a set of stairs in front of the building. According to an affidavit, an FBI agent identified him in photos posted in part by his ‘mullet hairstyle’. Both men were arrested Saturday – Adams in Texas and Connell in Louisiana.
Authorities said they believe Connell planned to return to DC the week of the inauguration, citing witnesses with whom he communicated about the purchase of guns, ammunition and weapons.
“According to the witness,” an FBI agent wrote in a indictment, “Connell explained that he would not return to Louisiana unless he was in a suitcase.”
This story has been updated with additional information.