The US Department of Justice reported that five alleged members of the far-right group were arrested. America First –America First– for participating in the attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, after former President Donald Trump’s call not to admit his electoral defeat.
These 5 people were charged various criminal charges, These include assault, resistance to authority, injuries, obstruction of justice, disruption of public order, and even trespassing into the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
According to the FBI investigation, they all participated together. “other troublemakers” In their attempt to torpedo the legal procedure that the US Congress carried out to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election.
The detainees, who are over the age of 20, are “part of a far-right group known as America First, which espouses the belief that they are protecting the United States from war,” according to the Department of Justice. demographic and cultural changes“It is produced in the country.
The main mentioned Joseph Brody23 faces ten serious charges, including assault, resisting authority, or obstructing an officer from performing his duties in a time of civil unrest.
So far, more than 850 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the US Capitol. Which About 350 have already been convicted, though most for minor offenses. The maximum sentence ever for Thomas Webster, 56, a retired New York police officer who attacked a police officer with a flagpole, is 10 years in prison.