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Who was behind the invasion of the Capitol? January 13, 2021 12:48 PM CDT By Michael Biesecker And Michael Kunzelman
The well-funded Q Anon outfit of neofascists was actively involved in the invasion. They have at least one member sitting in the U.S. Congress. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Editor’s note: The AP report that follows shows that it was well-off businessmen, longtime GOP donors, and people with money who formed the backbone of the fascist invasion of the Capitol last week. They worked hand in hand with the white supremacists and far-right militants attacking democracy that day.
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Among the people arrested by the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol are at least seven from North Carolina.
D.C. police released a list of arrests made on Wednesday labeled as “unrest-related.”
That list includes Earl Glosser, 40, of Matthews, a Charlotte suburb. Glosser was charged with curfew violation and unlawful entry. According to court documents, Glosser did not disperse after at least three warnings from police. The documents say police warned people to leave Capitol grounds and that Glosser was among those who did not.
Also on the list is Jay Thaxton, 46, of Concord, another Charlotte suburb, who was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on New York Avenue for violating curfew. The report says Thaxton was seen with others leaving the Bond Federal Building and “given at least three warnings to vacate but they did not.”
The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters. The Associated Press reviewed 120 people connected.
The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest and stormed the U.S. Capitol was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including Republican Party officials.