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Capitol riot suspect who bragged about macing cops, posed for pictures with Trump allies has been
charged with assaultA 35-year-old Capitol rioter who bragged about macing cops and had posed with politicians promoting false election fraud claims while on the FBI's wanted list has been charged with assault.
A federal complaint shows Samuel Lazar, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was photographed and recorded extensively while parading around the US Capitol building on January 6 in tactical gear and face paint. He was arrested Monday.
Prosecutors say that Lazar was caught on video approaching a police barricade on the west side of the building and aiming a canister of chemical irritant at US Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department officers. When he was told to get back, police deployed chemical irritant in his direction and he "redeployed" his own canister, according to the complaint.
"They maced us, those tyrannical pieces of s***, and we maced them right the f*** back and now they're taking the building," Lazar said in one video, which was cited in the complaint.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/capitol-riot-suspect-bragged-macing-180240636.html
