Accused Rioter Has His U.S. Capitol LEGO Set Seized by FBI as Evidence

[sheshe2]

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Capitol was besieged by Donald Trump’s supporters hoping to violently overturn his 2020 election defeat. While the former president is moving to legally battle the tech companies that banished him from social media in connection to those events, the Justice Department continues to bring charges against the rioters while seeking out participants who’ve yet to be identified and indicted.

In the meantime, the FBI has indicted a Pennsylvania man who supposedly played a leadership role during the attempted insurrection, and judging by the evidence they seized from his home, they’re literally building a case against him brick by brick.

The Smoking Gun has a report out on accused rioter Robert Morss and the violent actions he allegedly committed against police officers as he and others breached the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. According to court documents obtained by the outlet, the FBI seized evidence from Morss’ home after placing him under arrest, and one of the most curious items they confiscated was “a fully constructed U.S. Capitol LEGO set.”


Federal prosecutors told The Smoking Gun that Morss “came prepared for violence and then repeatedly led the violent mob attacking,” though it is currently unclear whether he used the LEGO figurine to prepare an attack on the Capitol. Documents show that the FBI also confiscated paraphernalia Morss allegedly had on him during the riot, along with guns and other pieces of evidence.

More: https://www.mediaite.com/weird/accused-rioter-has-his-u-s-capitol-lego-set-seized-by-fbi-as-evidence/

[marble falls]

1. Somehow this gives me great pleasure.

[Backseat Driver]

2. Really? There's over 1,000 bricks/pieces and the dome is removable, revealing the rotunda's base

(is that lingo correct?) and a review by CaptainChaos01 here: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/united-states-capitol-building-21030

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. He could be the first person ever to be convicted by LEGOs.

"What are you in for, bud?" "I used LEGOs to commit a felony." "Ya' know, we're not goin' to beat the shit out of you like we do to all new prisoners -- ya got bigger problems . . ."

For some reason that gives me great pleasure.

[Retrograde]

4. "And they all moved away from me on the Group W bench"

-Arlo Guthrie in "Alice's Restaurant", describing how all the other prisoners shunned him when he said he was in for littering

[TexasTowelie]

5. I suspect that someone along the way has made a pipe or bong out of LEGOs.

You have to remember that stoners can be creative in pursuit of a buzz. Playing with LEGOs is definitely in the wheelhouse for most stoners.

[Mopar151]

6. I'll put my best man right on it!

Soon as he recovers from Lego Yoda......

[sheshe2]

10. ;)

[TexasTowelie]

12. That's cute,

but does that mean that I would have to suck the brains out of the hippie to get high?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. I want this provision added to his prison sentence......

"For the duration of your sentence, Lego pieces shall be scattered about on your jail cell floor at random times and dates without prior notice."


KY....

[SoonerPride]

8. Did he smear the Lego set with shit too?

To make it authentic?

[WarGamer]

9. for those who are curious, it's AWESOME! I want one.

[JHB]

11. The box art for that set shows floor plans...

Was that a stylistic embellishment, or does the set include artwork/booklet/whatever that has a floor plan that could have been useful to the terrorists planning to get in?

[CrispyQ]

13. This is what Amazon's product description says:

Includes collectible booklet containing information about the design, architecture and history of the building.

But in the Q&A section, there's this:

Does it come with domestic terrorist mini figures??
Answer:Haha. No, sorry. You’ll have to add your own.
By MB Commerce SELLER on January 14, 2021