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Christina and Jason Gerding of Quincy, Illinois, were arrested Thursday on charges including violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds after photographed inside the U.S. Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
One photograph posted to Jason Gerding’s Twitter account and retweeted widely shows the couple inside the Rotunda in front of a painting of the Declaration of Independence with a caption reading, “Quincy Made it Inside.” The complaint also includes a photograph from Jan. 6 of a bust of George Washington wearing a red baseball hat with “Trump” emblazoned on the front that was posted on Gerding’s Facebook and Twitter account. The two are at least the fourth and fifth Illinois residents to be arrested for taking part in the assault by a violent mob of pro-Trump supporters. But they m...