CNN: First federal charges filed in US Capitol riot

[Wicked Blue]

First federal charges filed in US Capitol riot

From CNN’S Kara Scannell and Katelyn Polantz and Austen Bundy

Two men became the first people to be hit with federal charges on Thursday for their actions in a riot at the US Capitol building one day earlier in which pro-Trump supporters overran the building leading to officers being injured and four deaths.

The men, identified as Christopher Alberts and Mark Jefferson Leffingwell, were both scheduled to appear in federal court in Washington, DC, Thursday afternoon.

Alberts, of Maryland, was charged with one count of carrying or having access to firearms or ammunition on US Capitol Grounds, according to the complaint sworn by an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Alberts, who was wearing a bulletproof vest and wearing a backpack, was approached by the MPD officer after the officer identified a bulge on Albert’s right hip.

The officer said Albert’s tried to flee and after he was apprehended with the help of two other officers they found with a black Taurus G2C 9mm handgun and a magazine of ammunition.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/washington-dc-election-riots/index.html

[dweller]

1. Lock them up

✌🏻

[Vivienne235729]

2. YESSS!! I am looking forward to more charges filed. The time has come.

We MUST have accountability from top to bottom.

[cp]

3. First of many

[dware]

4. Welcome to the Federal Prison System

you pieces of shit.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I'd hate to be assigned any of those defendants as Legal Aid.

All I could realistically do is to protect the sanctity of the judicial process and the Constitution.

[Walleye]

6. Be sure and bang their heads on the squad car when they're busted

[dv421]

7. Alberts should be thankful

If he were black, he would be in a coffin right now.

[Blue_true]

12. Yes in deed. All three cops would have unloaded their guns into him. nt

[Cha]

8. It's a start & many more to

come.. I hope.. like Adam Johnson.. Parrish, Florida.

[kirkuchiyo]

9. We should start a fundraiser!!!

for the prosecution...

[LSFL]

10. I owned one of those pistols.

Pretty cheap and gets loose really fast. I would not rely on it for a rebellion. Bad weapon, no plan, no real attainable goals. Revolutionary rating: 1 out of 5 stars.

[doc03]

11. He broke into the Capital in an attempted coup and they charge him with a

firearms violation? What will he get a fine?

[Blue_true]

13. I believe a firearm in DC is a felony if it is not registered there. nt

[David__77]

14. I wish that Sun-Times would have posted the unsealed document to their site.

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