Son of prominent conservative commentator charged in Capitol breach
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Feb. 17 (UPI) The son of prominent conservative commentator L. Brent Bozell III has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol building early last month after several people identified him in video footage of the siege.
According to the complaint unsealed Tuesday, Leo Brent Bozell IV has been charged with entering a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct and corruptly obstructing, influencing and impeding any official proceedings.
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The affidavit in support of the criminal complaint states three unnamed people found video from various public and social media sources showing Bozell inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 when a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to stop congressmen from certifying the election win of President Joe Biden.
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The son of a prominent conservative activist has been charged for his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6.
L. Brent Bozell IV, a Palmyra resident, is the son of media critic L. Brent Bozell III.
On the day of the insurrection, Bozell III said on Fox Business that he condemned the riot but explained it this way: They are furious that they believe this election was stolen. . I agree with them.
Leo Brent Bozell IV, of Palmyra, was identified by witnesses who saw his Hershey Christian Academy sweatshirt in footage of the riots on Jan. 6, the FBI says.
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Bozell was reportedly identified through the sweatshirt he was wearing in the Senate that showed the Christian high school, Hershey Christian Academy.
According to the complaint, a witness told the FBI, Bozell stopped being the girls’ basketball coach in March 2020, as the team could no longer practice, or play games, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A statement from Hershey Christian Academy stated that Bozell was not a member of the HCA’s staff or its board of directors, he is not an employee, and he is not a representative of the Academy.
The school also shot down reports that said Bozell had worked as a girls basketball coach at the school, saying they did not have any athletic programs.
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