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He Attacked Cops At The Capitol. The FBI Interviewed Him. Then He Rejoined The Army.
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Ryan J. Reilly
@ryanjreilly
NEW:
In June, U.S. Army Sargent James Mault reenlisted, swearing to “defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Months earlier, on Jan. 6, he’d attacked cops at the U.S. Capitol.
Story w/ @letsgomathias:
He Attacked Cops At The Capitol. The FBI Interviewed Him. Then He Rejoined The Army.
James Mault was caught on film attacking officers during the Jan. 6 attack and lost his civilian job. So he rejoined the military while under FBI investigation.
huffpost.com
12:45 PM · Oct 14, 2021
Ryan J. Reilly
@ryanjreilly
NEW:
In June, U.S. Army Sargent James Mault reenlisted, swearing to “defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Months earlier, on Jan. 6, he’d attacked cops at the U.S. Capitol.
Story w/ @letsgomathias:
He Attacked Cops At The Capitol. The FBI Interviewed Him. Then He Rejoined The Army.
James Mault was caught on film attacking officers during the Jan. 6 attack and lost his civilian job. So he rejoined the military while under FBI investigation.
huffpost.com
12:45 PM · Oct 14, 2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-mault-capitol-attack-trump-army-military_n_6168753de4b065a54971c1d6?hms
On Jan. 6, 2021, a Donald Trump supporter named James Mault took part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
On Jan. 18, the FBI interviewed Mault about his role in the riot that day.
Mault, who was known to online sleuths as #IronWorkerGuy because he was wearing a helmet with a bunch of stickers referencing New York unions, soon lost his job.
Then, in June, James Mault joined the U.S. Army as an active-duty soldier.
Months after he took part in an attack on U.S. democracy on behalf of a former reality television star, Mault affirmed his duty to obey the orders of President Joe Biden and swore he would “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
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Curious. He must have been on the FBI watch list, yet the Army hadn't vetted him?
I don't know how to think about these things anymore.
My dad was in the Military. That was last century. I don't think someone could have been admitted to service without clearing the FBI.
