Retired Lieutenant Colonel is identified as the MAGA rioter in body armor carrying zip ties

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He then claims he 'found' the zip ties he was spotted carrying on the floor and merely picked them up so he could hand them in to a police officer - but then forgot.

'I wish I had not picked those up. My thought process there was I would pick them up and give them to an officer when I see one,' he said.

'I didn't do that because I had put them in my coat, and I honestly forgot about them.'

He also claimed he 'stopped five to ten feet ahead of the sign' at the entrance to Pelosi's office door and did not enter.

Footage appears to show him emerging from the office with a group of other rioters.

Further, Brock claimed he saw no violence and was opposed to damaging the Capitol.

'I know it looks menacing. That was not my intent,' he said.

Instead, he claimed he wore the body armor for his own protection because he feared he would get 'stabbed or hurt' by 'BLM or Antifa'.