Queens Republican district leader arrested for taking part in U.S. Capitol siege: feds Noah Goldberg
A Republican Queens district leader was arrested for taking part in the Capitol riots last month, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Phillip Grillo, 46, was arrested by the FBI on Monday and was charged for storming the halls of congress during the Trump-incited siege on Jan. 6 that left a police officer and several rioters dead.
Grillo, a Queens district leader in the 24th District, is a vocal Trump supporter. He wore a Trump pin in photos and called the district he led “Trump’s Hometown District” on his Facebook.
Phillip Grillo, 46, was arrested by the FBI on Monday and was charged for storming the halls of congress during the Trump-incited siege that left numerous police officers and rioters dead.
A New York City man who has a leadership role in the Queens County Republican Party was arrested Tuesday and charged with participation in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Philip Grillo, 46, was identified by two tipsters as one of the members of the mob that invaded the Capitol that day by a Knights of Columbus jacket he was wearing, among other things, according to a statement of facts signed by an FBI agent.
“I saw him twice in CNN in two separate incidents,” one witness told the FBI, noting that they knew Grillo from growing up with him in the Glen Oaks section of Queens.