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Minot native Glen Mitchell “Mitch” Simon, charged with four federal misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, pleaded not guilty in a District of Columbia court recently.
Mitch Simon, a Minot native, posted a photograph of himself on the steps of the U.S. Capitol as the insurgents were being pushed out o the building after a brief takeover on Jan. 6.
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The acting U.S. attorney in the nation’s capital charged Simon, 30, with knowingly entering a restricted building and with violent entry and disorderly conduct at the Capitol.
Court records indicate that federal agents seized his cellphone when they arrested Simon in Georgia on May 5, almost a month after a sealed warrant detailing their case had been filed.
Minot native faces federal charges in connection with U.S. Capitol siege
Mitch Simon, 30, charged with joining the insurgents who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 in bid to stop Joe Biden s succession to the presidency.
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Federal prosecutors shared a video surveillance image that they say pinpoints Mitch Simon’s presence inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
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Minot native Glen Mitchell “Mitch” Simon has been charged by federal prosecutors with participating in the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January.
While police were still clearing the U.S. Capitol of insurgents, Minot native Mitch Simon posted a photograph of himself on Facebook posing on the steps just outside during the Jan. 6 siege in Washington, D.C.
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As police worked to clear out insurgents who briefly seized much of the U.S. Capitol last week, Minot native Glen Mitchell “Mitch” Simon posed on the steps just outside beside a child wearing an eagle mask.
Simon posted the snapshot on his Facebook page, calling it a post-victory picture “after a running through of the capital building,” and noted, “Feel like I took about 50 bong rips of pepper spray today.”
Among the hashtags he used to call attention to his post were #congressranawayscared and “theythoughtwewouldent.”
For some online sleuths, the picture, which he later took down, and a livestream that Simon has since deleted, show that he is “a terrorist” who deserves to be arrested.