Does anyone have video of Washington State Sen. Phil Fortunato pitching a fit about taking a COVID test at the Capitol? In an email, the Republican state Senator from Auburn said he showed up to the Legislative Building Monday at 11:00 am for a meeting, rejected the COVID-19 test that is required to enter the building due to a viral surge threatening to overrun the state's hospitals, and then "walked past" security to enter his.
Four Seattle-area men charged with trying to sexually assault children in online sting
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All of the suspects were caught in an FBI online sting operation.
SEATTLE - Four Puget Sound region residents are facing attempted child sex abuse charges after an online FBI sting.
According to a news release from U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran s office, the sting happened in September and October 2020, when the four men reportedly communicated with undercover agents on the internet with the intent to sexually abuse children, some as young as 6 years old.
Investigators said some of the men had molested other children or collected pictures of child sex abuse before their arrests.
His top role in the Proud Boys the self-proclaimed leader of its Seattle chapter made Mr. Nordean easy to identify after breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Mr. Moran wrote in the filing.
Mr. Nordean was arrested Wednesday and remanded to custody. The filing, the U.S. government’s motion in support of pretrial detention, was entered ahead of a hearing on the matter set for Monday.
“The nature and circumstances of the charged offenses weigh heavily in favor of detention,” Mr. Moran wrote on behalf of the U.S. government, adding that Mr. Nodean, “a member of a right-wing militia, knowingly and willfully participated in a riot that was designed to prevent the United States Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 Presidential election.